Why Can't It Be Me?

Intro

(Oh...)

Dear diary, it's me again...

Verse

I saw him today, with that smile so warm

A few years ahead, but my heart's caught in storm

He's holding her hand, like she owns every beat

While I'm here alone, scribbling secrets in the sheet

Pre-chorus

I close my eyes tight, pretend it's my name he calls

But the mirror shows truth, these walls hear my falls

Chorus

I wish I could be her, with long hair flowing free

Pale skin dotted freckles, voice soft as can be

The one that he loves, the girl in his dreams

Oh, why can't it be me? Why can't it be me?

(Why can't it be...) me?

Verse

Her laugh lights his eyes, like stars in the day

Kind words from her lips, chase his shadows away

I'm just the girl watching, ink staining my page

Too young, too plain, locked in this cage

Pre-chorus

I trace out his name, then cross it with tears

Wishing for magic, to switch all these years

Chorus

I wish I could be her, with long hair flowing free

Pale skin dotted freckles, voice soft as can be

The one that he loves, the girl in his dreams

Oh, why can't it be me? Why can't it be me?

(Why can't it be...) me?

Bridge

No one could want this, this heart full of ache

Faded and broken, too much in its wake

He's hers forever, I'm just words on paper

Diary knows my truth, no one's my savior

Chorus

I wish I could be her, with long hair flowing free

Pale skin dotted freckles, voice soft as can be

The one that he loves, the girl in his dreams

Oh, why can't it be me? Why can't it be me?

Why can't it be... me?

Outro

Dear diary... (oh...)

It's me again...

(Why can't it be...)