Best Friend, Wrong Side

[Verse 1]
She laughs at his jokes
But she watches her instead
Eyes linger too long
Then she’s looking down
Red
He’s tracing her palm
Talking future
Kids
A home
But she’s scrolling through photos
Of her best friend’s face alone
[Chorus]
She thinks she’s in love with her best friend
Still holding her boyfriend’s hand
Heart split like a secret screen
Two lives she never planned
Smiles for the boy who’d do anything
Cries in the car at night
Wishing she were on the right side
Of her best friend’s girl’s goodnight
[Verse 2]
They’re sharing one coat
On the walk back from the bar
Her perfume
That joke
Feels too close
Too far
Best friend says
“You’re my soulmate”
Then goes home to her own
She nods like it’s nothing
But it cuts her to the bone
[Chorus]
She thinks she’s in love with her best friend
Still holding her boyfriend’s hand
Heart split like a secret screen
Two lives she never planned
Jealous of a stranger’s place
At the edge of her best friend’s life
But she still kisses her boyfriend slow
Tells herself “this love is right”
[Bridge]
In the shower
She is shaking (oh)
Running through every touch
Is she lying if she’s loving
More than one too much?
She loves him
She swears it
But it aches when she pretends
She’s cheering for that couple
While dreaming the girl is hers instead
[Chorus]
She thinks she’s in love with her best friend
Still holding her boyfriend’s hand
Terrified to say it out loud
Afraid they won’t understand
So she’ll stay the “perfect” girlfriend
And the “always there” best friend too
A girl confused and hurting
Trying to choose which heart is true

Intimate indie-pop ballad, female vocals; close-mic’d vocal over gentle fingerpicked guitar and soft piano pads, kick and brushed snare bloom in the first chorus, subtle synth swells and harmony stack on the bridge, final hook drops to almost acapella then swells back in with warm bass and airy backing vocals