upstaged

bugger! left behind again
it's too bad i've played innocent
there's trouble in our best communiqué
we should be nearer, we should be known together

not the loser but the last to say it's done
it's too sad that you've had all our fun
and there's trouble, and there's taking
and there's left alone for my sake
we should be nearer, we should be known together - not this way

have i been upstaged?
have i been downplayed, too?
have i given up too soon?
they say that i could be alone
nothing new

quiet contest, a cowards call
to dream about it now
i can't bitch about any other fall
and there's trouble and there's taking
and there's left alone for my sake
we should be nearer, we should be known together - not this way

have i been upstaged?
have i been downplayed, too?
have i given up too soon?
now i could be alone
nothing new

yes i've been upstaged
and i've been too proud for you
now i'm big enough to believe that you'll never care enough about me

if you'd tell me square
if you'd tell me soon
if you'd lay it down and spell it out
there would be a better you and me

bugger, loser, loner, taker
it's too bad you bowed out
it's too bad i'm left out
if you'd be fair then i know if you did or if you didn't care for me now
we could be known together

have i been upstaged?
have i been downplayed, too?
have i given up too soon?
now i could be alone
nothing new

yes i've been upstaged
and i've been too proud for you
now i'm big enough to believe that you never care enough about me