Keep Me on the Outside

I'm only ever on the outside

I only ever play the bit part

I'm a feature on a B side

Never climbing up your top chart

But if you give me an inch, I'll take a smile, all I need is a glimmer

I've went diving deep in your water, just to anchor the river

I've been steady keeping my head up, never much of a swimmer

So give me solid land, give me solid land to stand

I'm on the next phase, all the drama be deaded

I don't go sleeping with problems, forget it, it's fuckin' bedded

Open up, take the lid off show me you're there

I find it strange that your body is the only thing that we share

Boss level and I will never compete

You're a lo-fi throwback I play on repeat

Don't compare me to these others, never running the race

I'm throwing shade at the others, like the sun in my face

Sometimes you give too much away

Spilling out, make a scene, naked for all to see

I sit silent, you entertain

Am I just another soul

Who still believes in you

I see you all ways, I know you dangle the bait

I know you put it on the table, so they grabbing a plate

I know your guards up, distance requires the space

Your heart is full of anger, love don't have any place

It's like shut down, shutdown

You take flight, then it's touchdown, barely in touch now, it's digital

Underneath the physical's a window of pain

I see through it like I'm watching the rain

Over and over again, pleasure-pain, how do you sleep?

Minutes, hours, what do you keep? When you sell it so cheap

Are you numb, vacant, or free? Are you paying a fee?

Or am I so wrapped up in myself that I think you're calling on me?

Calling on me, calling on me, calling on me

Slide up in the DM's on a fuckin' following spree

Are you getting ready to settle? Are you getting ready to flee?

Only one without a say in it is me

Sometimes you give too much away

Spilling out, make a scene, naked for all to see

I sit silent, you entertain

Am I just another soul

Who still believes in you?

Sometimes you give too much away

Spilling out, make a scene, naked for all to see

I just want you to notice

I stay while they drift away

I'm only ever on the outside

Only on the outside, let me in

I'm always keep me on the outside

I'm only ever on the outside

I just want you to notice

I stay while they drift away