Never Acting at All

Let's set the scene, it's fall play season Actors flood the hall Through audition drama, vocal running Our two names are called Upon meeting you, I knew I'd win the part but lose my cool So they cast us as the lovebirds And my heart, alas, the fool It's a no-chance showmance I don't mix work with pleasure You sway my stance It's unprofessional I know that we can't But I'm drawn to your trance "Places in five" Tickets to my demise I'm passionately panicking Falling or I'm fangirling Why, why must we read these lines? Admiring you is amateur Call me out of character We're backstage for a quick change And I catch you sneak a glimpse There's no cameras, no cast around Our faces dimly lit I won't make a move, I'll claim I'm clueless When our friends make jokes But I swear you playing with my hair's not What the author wrote It's a no-chance showmance But as our bodies breathe Together in the final dance Audience evanesces Reason be damned, you're not far from my man "Back on in five" Tickets to our demise I'm passionately panicking Falling or I'm fangirling Why, why do I mean these lines? Admiring you is amateur Call me out of character Am I the Éponine Or Lara Jean I need a script for you and me I want the lead The harmony to your story Re-write the plot Give me the spotlight A monologue before the curtains fall I was never acting at all I was never acting at all I can't pretend to pretend You're all that I want 'Cause I was never acting at all