"Second Best" lyrics

I wanna try my best for you
But that's not what you want me to do
You'd rather I be more like you
A bit more easy-going and less invested would make you comfortable
And I wanna try my best for you
So I'll hold it in, be less to handle, keep it casual
If that'll make you happy, I'll happily do it the best I know how to

And I keep one hand in your pocket, the other holds a knife
One eye on your smile, the other cries to sleep at night
One part of my heart with you, the other locked up tight
'Cause I know you don't have my best interests in your mind
I know you'd sooner leave me than ever do me right, yeah

I recognize the look in his eyes
It's the same I give you all the time
The one of a love, unrequited
That seeks to change my mind
But he doesn't know what I'm like
I would use his heart to bandage mine when you're preoccupied
Hold his hand in feign romance just to pass the time
A girls got to do what she's got to to survive

And I keep one hand in your pocket, the other holds a knife
One eye on your smile, the other cries to sleep at night
One part of my heart with you, the other locked up tight
'Cause I know you don't have my best interests in your mind
I know you'd sooner leave me than ever do me right, yeah

And I'm hurting my own feelings, won't take your actions as a sign
I'd rather have a piece of you than my own peace of mind
And I'm making my own reasons of why you're busy all the time
Maybe it's just not our season, but I can see it in your eyes

You know you don't have my best interests in your mind
You know you'd sooner leave me than ever do me right, yeah