Just One Step Behind

Best friends forever

No matter what they say;

Who cares that we're so different,

They cant pull us away.

But lookin' back, I see it now,

Just like a glarin' sign,

In every single thing we did,

You were just one step behind.

One step behind, oh ooo, one step behind,

Nothing is more painful than

Just one step behind.

You and I together,

As far back as I know,

Birthday parties, secret clubs,

Where you went, I would go.

But as we grew together

Though we seemed of just one mind,

I was just too good for you;

You were just one step behind.

One step behind, oh ooo, one step behind,

Nothing is more painful than

Just one step behind.

The years went past, the bullies came,

But together we held on,

Best thing a friend's good for

Is a shoulder to cry on.

But I did all the cryin',

And I didn't take no mind,

That you held grief for both of us,

You were just one step behind.

Now I'm not tryin' to blame you,

Though it might seem that way,

Lookin' back and seein' us go by.

Cause ever since I realized

You were never quite as good,

I just wanted to curl up and die.

Sometime during middle school

I saw something was wrong.

Things were not the same with us,

You couldn't carry on.

Your slower steps stopped tryin'

To keep the pace with mine.

You couldn't stand anymore

To be just one step behind.

One step behind, no more one step behind,

And now I finally feel your pain of

Just one step behind.

With only a few simple words

You broke our friendship off.

And not till now did I realize

Why you had had enough.

They say that time will heal all wounds

But it only wraps and binds;

I doubt our wounds will ever heal

From just one step behind.

One step behind, no more one step behind,

And now I finally feel your pain of

Just one step behind

I'm sorry I was better,

Though there was nothing I could do,

I know if I were in your place

I'd feel the same as you.

But now that it's all over

I wonder who you'd find

Is one step ahead now,

And who's one step behind.

One step behind, who is one step behind?

In spite of all that I have said, who's

Just one step behind?