A Step Behind - Teddy Thompson

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 cheque for the rent

I was always a step behind

I was always a step behind

It wasn’t really your fault

Because 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 release of letting me down

And the way that it felt

To be high on yourself

Blindly running into the new

I haven’t re-learned 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