Name: Left Behind
Duration: P00H04M45S
Description: This song demanded to be written between 10pm and 1am, 29th-30th October 2009. Last verse re-written early 2013

Left Behind

from Peregrine Songs by Damien P Murphy

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This song demanded to be written between 10pm and 1am, 29th-30th October 2009. Last verse re-written early 2013

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I don’t have much to tell you.
Just one thing I need you to know.
I’ve taken wrong turns as I’ve walked down this road
But now I see which way to go.

I’m trying to reach the horizon
But it keeps on backing away.
I’m walking to meet the sun rising,
Though it’s setting before I’m halfway.

You knew where you were going
While I was still rambling around,
Drifting along on the shifting wind,
Too frightened of settling down.

I let slip your hand and you walked on
While I stood idly by,
Never wanting to hold you back
’Til you left me behind.

The clouds that surrounded me drifted away
And the sunshine is drying my tears.
All the towns I’ve been through lie behind me now,
And I’ve kicked off the dust of my fears.
I’ve spoken the words that I needed to say,
Thrown my burden down in the road.
If you hear me, slow down and I’ll catch up to you
Now I’m carrying a lighter load.

You’re my destination
Wherever you are down the track.
I’ve wandered around for too long – now I’ve found
A reason for me to come back.

I watch as you reach your horizon
With somebody new by your side.
Oh, I held back too long,
But I’ll keep pushing on
So that I can believe that I tried.

I let slip your hand and you walked on
While I stood silently by,
Never wanting to hold you back
’Til you left me behind.

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from Peregrine Songs, released December 31, 2013
Words & music: DP Murphy

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