I buy the flowers I wish you would bring
Hum to myself like it means something
Daydreaming strangers passing me by
Pretend I don't care but it's all a disguise
My friends all say I'm fine
But I'm rehearsing lines
for someone who never sees me shine
I keep tripping on my own two feet
Guess I'm just your shadow girl
Dancing in a borrowed world
I pour the coffee it tastes like regret
Sing to the silence my closest duet
Every confession stays in my head
Pages of novels I'll never have read
It's easier this way to laugh at what I crave
A punchline I can't seem to escape
So I play the fool again
Smiling like it's nothing Writing love songs you'll never be humming
Call it sweet I keep tripping on my own two feet
Guess I'm just your shadow girl
Dancing in a borrowed world
Maybe someday the joke turns kind But until then I'm still half blind
Wishing you'd stumble into my rhyme So I play the fool again
Smiling though I'm breaking Sing my love out a melody faking
Call it comic Call it true
It's the only thing I know to do
Guess I'm just your shadow girl