Sidelines

By Ray Hawthorne

Released on January 29, 2026

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{Verse 1]

I’m standing on the edge of all the battles that I can’t win

It’s like the wreckage of a life I lead in transit

Has got its hand around me like if I don’t end this it’s gonna follow me forever

It’s gonna follow me forever

It’s gonna follow me forever

I’m not sick

But I been coughing up a lung and getting nervous

That every person that I love just don’t deserve this

I’m permanently fucked without a purpose

I’ll get my shit together


[Chorus]

I’ve been shouting at stoplights and cursing thе street signs

This used to be a place that I callеd home

Suddenly I’m just not right

It’s spinning in my mind

I see your name everywhere I go

So I’m harder on myself

How’d I end up here?

I’m on the other side of help

I’d rather disappear

I try to watch from the sidelines

It’s never the right time

I see your name everywhere I go


[Verse 2]

If I’m a target you’re the barrel

The pain is kinda sentimental

If I was feeling any better you wouldn’t follow me forever

I’m lying to my best friends

If I was something I’d be half dead

But I’m not that fucking clever

I’ll never get my shit together


[Chorus]

I’ve been shouting at stoplights and cursing the street signs

This used to be a place that I called home

Suddenly I’m just not right

It’s spinning in my mind

I see your name everywhere I go

So I’m harder on myself

How’d I end up here?

I’m on the other side of help

I’d rather disappear

I try to watch from the sidelines

It’s never the right time

I see your name everywhere I go