Memoirs of a High School Extra

The Extras

High school extras

We live our lives in the shadow of the leads 

The leads who throw the parties and have the most friends 

The leads who everybody knows rather they're close or not 

Nobody cares about the extras 

They pass us in the halls

Were nice enough they guess 

But do they really know us 

No 

Because they don't care to know 

We don't throw the parties or have the most friends 

We will never be on homecoming court 

We suffer in silence because we don't know how to be heard 

Do we want to be heard 

Yes 

Do we want more for ourselves 

Yes 

But we don't allow ourselves to be known 

We feel we aren't enough 

People say we are 

That our feelings are stupid 

But do they know what its like to feel stuck in your own body 

Trapped by your own mind 

No 

We are the extras 

We are the quiet and the unknown that you pass in the halls 

The people who make up the rest of your class 

Always seen but never heard 

Until now