REPLACE

I watch my name fade out your phone
Like it was never written in stone
One blink, one face, someone new
And I'm already see-through to you

I was there before the lights came on
Before the sparks, before I was gone
I held the weight you couldn't carry
Now I'm just background, temporary

You say nothing changed, but I feel it
Your voice hits different when you say that name
I'm still standing in the same place
But somehow I'm the one you replaced

Tell me, was I ever solid ground
Or just a space you filled till someone came around?
I don't scream, I don't fight
I just disappear quietly every time

I'm so easy to replace
Like I never had a place
One week, one smile, one touch
And I'm suddenly too much
You don't even look back
When I'm cracking from the lack
Of being chosen, being seen
I was important, or so it seemed

I memorize the way you pull away
The silence growing louder every day
You give that one what you swore was mine
Your time, your care, your I'll be fine

I don't hate that, that's the worst part
I just hate how disposable I am
Like my love was a demo track
Easy to delete, never coming back

I don't wanna cage you or control
I just wanna know I still matter to your soul
But every time someone new walks in
I'm the one you stop choosing

I'm so easy to replace
Tell me why I know my place
Always second, never first
Always healing while it hurts
You say: Don't take it that way
But it hits me all the same
I was important, I was real
Now I'm just something you don't feel

If I vanished tonight
Would you even notice the space?
Or would someone else be there
Wearing my name, taking my place
I don't wanna be unforgettable
I just don't wanna be this forgettable
Ah–ah

Maybe one day I'll believe
I'm not just someone you outgrow
But right now I'm just the proof
That loving you meant letting go
Oh, I was important, just not enough
Yeah, I was important, just not enough