You drop your script on the kitchen floor
Circle the casting calls in red
Say “Tomorrow I’ll be famous”
Then eat cereal in my bed
Your shoes are lined like lonely wings
Dreams stacked up by the door
You dance with dust in the hallway light
But end up lying on the floor
Meow meow meow
You’re my movie star anyway
On this thrift-store couch
In your robe at noon on a Tuesday
Meow meow meow
You miss the bus and miss your cue
But when the whole world looks right through you
I still watch the show that is you
You practice smiles in the bathroom mirror
Try on laughter, try on tears
You ask me “Do I look desperate?”
I blink slow, erase your fears
We share one tiny window view
One plant trying hard to grow
You say “Someday I’ll own this town”
I curl closer like I know
Meow meow meow
You’re my movie star anyway
In your socks with holes
Singing lines you halfway say
Meow meow meow
If every dream keeps running late
I’ll sit front row by the fire escape
Till the credits roll on our fate
You don’t hear the phones not ringing
But I hear the strength in your sighs
You think you’re stuck in the background
I see spotlights in your eyes (oh)
Meow meow meow
You’re my movie star anyway
From this velvet throne
That you call a pillowcase
Meow meow meow
When every “no” feels loud and long
I purr the soft part of your song
You’re my whole life
All lifelong