A Step Behind

It's not so much that you left

It's that you didn't come back

It's not the pain that you felt

But the obvious lack

I was always a step behind

I was always a step behind

It wasn't watching you go

But the way that you went

With a kiss on the cheek

And a check for the rent

I was always a step behind

I was always a step behind

It wasn't really your fault

'Cause you made it mine too

While you were looking around

I was looking at you

I was always a step behind

I was always a step behind

And I hope you remember

When it comes around

The gentle of release

Of letting me down

And the way that it felt

To be high on yourself

Blindly running into the new

I haven't relearned to walk

It's hard to learn that

And it wasn't the fall

It was the push in the back

I was always a step behind

I was always a step behind

I didn't see it coming up from behind

I was always a step behind