(Pre-verse) beginning music build up for verse 1
[Verse 1]
Always the quiet one in the noise
Watched them laugh, I played with broken toys
Hand-me-down love, never felt new
Sat at the edge while they passed me through
[Pre-Chorus]
You were the golden, shining child
I was the shadow out of style
Mama tried, but she looked away
When you made me small every day
[Chorus]
Second place in my own home
Fighting for crumbs, feeling alone
You took the spotlight, left me the dark
No room for me in your heart
I was the one you left behind
A name you barely said in time
And it still burns in my bones
Second place in my own home
[Verse 2]
You wore the praise like a crown
I learned to shrink when you were around
Every win, every word you said
Felt like a stone laid on my chest
[Pre-Chorus]
Mama saw but said, “It’s just the way”
But I broke more with every day
Smiling while I disappeared
No one knew how much I feared
[Chorus]
Second place in my own home
Fighting for crumbs, feeling alone
You took the spotlight, left me the dark
No room for me in your heart
I was the one you left behind
A name you barely said in time
And it still burns in my bones
Second place in my own home
[Bridge]
And maybe now you’ve changed your tune
But I still dream of leaving rooms
Where love was measured by the fight
And I was never worth the light
[Final Chorus]
Second place, but now I know
That I can rise above the show
You dimmed my spark, but I still shine
I’ve made this healing song mine
I was the one you left behind
But I’m not stuck there in your lines
Now I stand here on my own
No more second place in my own home
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