Footsteps to the Fall

Lyrics

Footsteps to the Fall
Dirt Road Gospel Music
DirtRoadGospelMusic.com

[Intro]
I used to think it's just one drop
One bad night, one bad call
But it don't come down that easy
It's footsteps to the fall

[Verse 1]
First I'm stayin' late at the office
Tellin' her, "Baby, don't wait up"
Then I'm starin' at a blue-lit screen
Letting red wine fill my cup

Call it pressure, call it business
Say, "It's just the way things are"
Never feel that floor start movin'
Just keep walkin' out too far

[Verse 2]
She's talkin' 'bout her day at dinner
I'm half a mile away inside
Smilin' like I'm still right with her
But my heart already slipped outside

Every sigh I choose to ignore
Every look I let fall flat
Ain't no thunder, ain't no siren
Just another step past where I'm at

[Pre-Chorus]
And I keep sayin' I'm a good man
Swear I never meant her harm
But every little "It's nothin', don't worry"
Is another crack in her arms

[Chorus]
It ain't the jump, it's footsteps to the fall
Little "it's nothing"s stacking up so tall
Tellin' myself I'm fine while I cross that line
Till I'm standin' in the wreckage where we had it all
No, it ain't the jump
It's footsteps to the fall

[Verse 3]
Then I'm laughin' with a stranger
Somewhere 'round a hotel bar
She's pourin' light back in my ego
Talkin' like she knows my scars

Coffee turns to midnight whispers
Room key burnin' in my hand
I don't say the word "betrayin'"
I just walk like this was always planned

[Pre-Chorus]
"I'm a good man," I keep sayin'
While I'm hidin' what I've done
But there's a trail of every "It's nothin'"
Lead me out away from home

[Chorus]
It ain't the jump, it's footsteps to the fall
Every "Baby, don't worry" just buildin' up that wall
Tellin' myself I'm fine while I cross that line
Till I turn around and there's nothin' left at all
No, it ain't the jump
It's footsteps to the fall

[Bridge]
There's a charge on some old statement
Folded in with gas and tolls
Tucked in tight between the miles
Like the truth don't have a soul

She says, "Where'd you go today?"
In the quiet of that hall
And my tongue feels heavy as a hammer
When I hear myself start to stall

[Breakdown]
Fourteen years on that table
Every picture on the wall
Every time I said, "It's nothin'"
Every silent, little stall

There's the man I brag about
When I'm playin' the good man role
And the man who's been walkin' crooked
Through the back streets of my soul

[Final Chorus]
It ain't the jump, it's footsteps to the fall
Every sideways glance, every late-night call
Sayin', "I'm okay, it's nothin'" while the ground gives way
Till there's nothin' left of what I swore at all
No, it ain't the jump
It's footsteps to the fall

[Outro]
I kept thinkin' I was standin'
Thought I'd catch myself somehow

But there's no edge left beneath me
Just the truth between us now

It was never one big moment
Never just one bad call

It's every little "It's nothin'"
Every footstep
To the fall