Your Films
Guest Star in Your Films: A Heartbreak Tale
Lyrics
So are you telling me you chose me based on a pros and cons list?
Questioning if the choice was based on a pros and cons list.
Placed me in a Venn diagram with your toxic ex-husband
Feeling compared to a toxic ex-husband in a Venn diagram.
Did you ever like me for me
Expressing doubt about being liked for oneself.
Or did you have an ego to feed?
Questioning if the relationship was driven by ego.
You had me head over heels in the shape of a promise ring
Describing being deeply committed with a promise ring.
Wrapped around your little finger, paying for all your groceries
Financially supporting the partner, wrapped around their finger.
Just to see you smile because I only smile with yours in sight
Expressing the joy of seeing the partner smile.
None of it was real
Realizing that the happiness was not genuine.
I was just a guest star in one of your films
Feeling like a secondary character in the partner's life.
Just a passing plot line that you never really liked
Believing to be an unimportant part of the partner's story.
I played the fool the whole time
Acknowledging being deceived and foolish.
I wasn't born to reach the top of the vine
Accepting personal limitations and not reaching the top.
Heartbreak was my award for playing the role so well
Receiving heartbreak as a reward for playing a role well.
Not bad for my first and only film
Reflecting on the experience as a significant life event.
Since the beginning, you had told me I was your safe space
Being told that one is a safe space from the beginning.
But now I wonder if you had only said that to save face
Doubting the authenticity of being a safe space.
You hate smoke and despise the mirror
Questioning if the partner overcame aversions and fears.
Did you somehow overcome your fear?
Expressing feelings of being deceived and confused.
Because I feel tricked, conned, bamboozled, bemused
Feeling tricked and betrayed by the partner.
I know God made an amazing actress in you
Recognizing the partner's acting skills and deceptive nature.
Do you know how it feels to know your first love was never sure about you?
Experiencing the pain of realizing first love's uncertainty.
None of it was real
Reiterating the realization that the relationship wasn't real.
I was just a guest star in one of your films
Emphasizing the feeling of being a guest star in the partner's life.
Just a passing plot line that you never really liked
Repeating the sense of being an unimportant plot line.
I played the fool the whole time
Acknowledging playing the fool throughout the relationship.
I wasn't born to reach the top of the vine
Restating personal limitations and not reaching the top.
Heartbreak was my award for playing the role so well
Receiving heartbreak as a consequence of playing a role.
Not bad for my first and only film
Reflecting on the relationship as a significant life event.
I should have known better than to audition in the first place
Regretting the decision to audition for the relationship.
There's no way anyone could love this headcase
Expressing a lack of belief in being loved due to personal challenges.
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