Background Actor

So I'm listening
You go on again
How she's promising
Doesn't stand a chance

How the days are long
How you do it all
Don't you?

And I'm wondering
Will you say my name
Ask me anything
Ask me anything

'Cause you're the upper hand
You're so in demand
Aren't you

I know
What you think of me
Got me on a leash
Making me feel like I matter

Latching onto me
Promising the lead
When I'm just your background actor

And it wears me down
Like a punchline now
Take me for a ride
Then you throw me out

And it's all I think about
I think about
I spiral out
I spiral out

I know
What you think of me
Got me on a leash
Making me feel like I matter

Latching onto me
Promising the lead
When I'm just your background actor

You actually said to my face
That it's hard to believe
That I make what I make

And I know that you'd say
I took it the wrong way
But the way that you spoke
Told me everything

What you think of me
What you think of me

Latching onto me
Promising the lead
When I'm just your background actor