More Than Just the Spare (Outtake)

There was an early draft that was all about the heir and the spare

Elsa being the heir and Anna being the overlooked, not needed spare

We wrote this as her big introductory song

And even though it ultimately got cut

It was really useful in helping us tap into Anna's character

Spare?

Am I really just the spare?

I'm not part of the town, not born to be queen

Just somebody hopelessly in-between

She's the scholar, athlete, poet

I'm the screw up, don't I know it

But then who could ever compare

Of course they're gonna think I'm just the spare

Well, I won't care

So I'm the extra button on a coat

In case another one comes loose

But if I have to be a button

Why can't I be a button that's of use?

Oops!

I may lack style and I may lack grace

And once in a while I'll fall on my face

But this little button deserves a place in the sky

This button wants to fly

Wait! Buttons can't fly, that doesn't make any sense

So I'm a rusty horseshoe hanging up

Over somebody's old barn door

And I'll be hanging there forever

Just wishing the horse had one leg more

And maybe I can't be the perfect one

And maybe I err on the side of fun

But horseshoes need a chance to run somewhere

This horseshoe is more than just a spare

Someday I'll find my thing

A thing that's all my own

That thing that makes me part of something

Not just all alone

If only all this feeling I have in my heart

Could mean something to someone

How I'd love to play that part

So I'm just a second born sister

Who most of the town ignores

Like a button, like a horseshoe

Like a girl who's bad at metaphores

Maybe I don't have a magic touch

And maybe I don't have a talent as such

Just this heart with much too much to share

So I'll never be the heir

But I'm more than just the spare

Sorry