Side Character With A Secret Script

[Verse 1]
You said
“It’s just bad timing”
Like traffic on a Tuesday
Shrug and stare
I laughed it off in the kitchen
But my chest did that stupid folding chair
You act like we’re background credits
Names rolling past while you check your phone
You say
“We’re just better as almost”
Then you leave me to walk you home

[Chorus]
So why you keep writing me in
As the side character with a secret script
You underline every scene we’re in
Then swear it doesn’t mean a thing
If you don’t want me
Why’s my name all over your margin lines
Why you keep writing me in
Why you keep writing me in

[Verse 2]
You quote some book about chaos
“How every choice could’ve turned out new”
You circle back to last summer
Like a theory you’re still trying to prove
You say
“We were right
Just early”
Like a train that we watched and missed
But you’re still holding my hoodie
Still pausing right before we kiss

[Chorus]
So why you keep writing me in
As the side character with a secret script
You underline every scene we’re in
Then swear it doesn’t mean a thing
If you don’t want me
Why’s my name all over your margin lines
Why you keep writing me in
Why you keep writing me in

[Bridge]
You don’t call it love
You just call it “if”
You don’t call it us
Just a plot twist
But every time you leave
You don’t really leave
You leave the door cracked
You keep the key

[Chorus]
So why you keep writing me in
As the side character with a secret script
You underline every scene we’re in
Then swear it doesn’t mean a thing
If you don’t want me
Why’s my name all over your margin lines
If I’m not your book
Stop turning my life inside your hands
Why you keep writing me in
Why you keep writing me in (hey)
Why you keep writing me in