.Verse 1
I'm the number that you dial
When every other line goes dead.
The face you finally turn toward
When every better plan has fled.
I'm the backup to the backup,
The safety net you never see,
Good enough to catch your falling,
Never good enough to keep.
Pre-Chorus
I've memorised the silence,
I've learned what waiting feels like.
Every "maybe" cuts a little deeper
Than a thousand honest goodbyes.
Chorus
'Cause I'm never the first choice,
Never the one they run to.
I'm the name at the bottom
When they've got nothing left to do.
Always picked when all the stars burn out,
Always wanted when the lights grow dim.
I'm everybody's last answer,
But nobody's first win.
I'm tired of living in the shadows
Of someone I'll never be...
I'm never the first choice,
Just the last choice for everybody.
Verse 2
I know the sound of second chances
That were never mine to claim.
I wear the weight of being "almost,"
Always close but not the same.
You only see my worth
When every perfect picture fades.
But broken hearts can't live forever
On love that's borrowed, love that's late.
Bridge
So if the day comes you come calling
After every door has closed,
Don't be surprised if you find
This empty chair has finally gone.
Even the ones who wait forever
Can learn to walk away.
A heart that's always overlooked
Won't always choose to stay.
Final Chorus
I was never the first choice,
Never the one worth fighting for.
Just the hand you reached for
When no one answered anymore.
But I'll stop measuring my value
By the place I'm standing in your line.
'Cause I'd rather stand here all alone
Than be your "maybe" one more time.
If no one makes me their first choice,
Then I'll become my own instead...
No longer waiting to be chosen,
I'll choose myself again.