I’m the one everyone wants on their teams

To sit on the bench

To tell them that they’re doing a great job

To make them feel good

But I want to play so badly it hurts

Like an empty ache

I just want to play for once in my life

When is it my turn?

Then you came out of nowhere

And grabbed my hand

I thought that you were going to give me that chance

That it was finally my time

But you led me gently back to the bench

I read all of the signs wrong

So I tucked my dreams away again

You sidelined me