"Footprints" lyrics
There's blisters forming on my soles
'Cause I'm walking down steps from where you cut us of
And I don't know where the bottom is
Just that it's one hell of a lonely trip
It's hard to accept we let a good thing drown
Could have sworn we were floating just this past hour
Guess we were always getting in our own way
Oh I wish beginnings could stay the same
I'd be lying if I said I'm not afraid
Of letting everything go to waste
So if the world caved in would you come on back?
I'd break it myself for the smallest chance
That you'd retraced your footprints before they fade out
And I'm standing still where the air is thin
Been waiting for you to let me breathe again
'Cause I don't want to change the view that I have right now
Of your footprints fading out
Have you worn that blackberry perfume
Or do you hate that I linger when it's on you?
Bet you avoid street names that we once walked
Well I do the most to bring you into my thoughts
'Cause you were the sun that fed my roots
Now anyone that knows me must know you
Oh I feel bad staring at stars at night
Why do such bright things gotta die to shine?
But if I'm the course that sets you free
I'll walk the plank to pull you out of the deep
And I hope our pieces
You buried are still alive
They're breathing, waiting
To be dug out when the times right
So if the world caved in would you come on back?
I'd break it myself for the smallest chance
That you'd retraced your footprints before they fade out
And I'm standing still where the air is thin
Been waiting for you to let me breathe again
'Cause I don't want to change the view that I have right now
Of your footprints fading out
If the clock reset
I'd take the same
Steps I had made knowing that there'd be pain
If I woke up unscathed
I'd let every sting
Mark me again if it was you that I gain
So if the world caved in would you come on back?
I'd break it myself for the smallest chance
That you'd retraced your footprints before they fade out
But I can't see them now
'Cause I'm walking down steps from where you cut us of
And I don't know where the bottom is
Just that it's one hell of a lonely trip
It's hard to accept we let a good thing drown
Could have sworn we were floating just this past hour
Guess we were always getting in our own way
Oh I wish beginnings could stay the same
I'd be lying if I said I'm not afraid
Of letting everything go to waste
So if the world caved in would you come on back?
I'd break it myself for the smallest chance
That you'd retraced your footprints before they fade out
And I'm standing still where the air is thin
Been waiting for you to let me breathe again
'Cause I don't want to change the view that I have right now
Of your footprints fading out
Have you worn that blackberry perfume
Or do you hate that I linger when it's on you?
Bet you avoid street names that we once walked
Well I do the most to bring you into my thoughts
'Cause you were the sun that fed my roots
Now anyone that knows me must know you
Oh I feel bad staring at stars at night
Why do such bright things gotta die to shine?
But if I'm the course that sets you free
I'll walk the plank to pull you out of the deep
And I hope our pieces
You buried are still alive
They're breathing, waiting
To be dug out when the times right
So if the world caved in would you come on back?
I'd break it myself for the smallest chance
That you'd retraced your footprints before they fade out
And I'm standing still where the air is thin
Been waiting for you to let me breathe again
'Cause I don't want to change the view that I have right now
Of your footprints fading out
If the clock reset
I'd take the same
Steps I had made knowing that there'd be pain
If I woke up unscathed
I'd let every sting
Mark me again if it was you that I gain
So if the world caved in would you come on back?
I'd break it myself for the smallest chance
That you'd retraced your footprints before they fade out
But I can't see them now
Writer(s): Dweck Isaac
