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lyrics

You’re not the type
Who should be playing with fire
I know that you’ve been burned before
You’d be a fool
If you tried to scale this wire
There are lesser lights that have tried and failed
You come hear beating at my door
But you already know the score
Asking your questions
Needing to know why
My heart lies
Half a world away

I used to kneel down and pray
At the altar of your love
Eating from the palm of your hand
But all this time
I’ve been thinking up little reasons while
You’ve been busy making other plans
It pains me to be so unkind
But there’s no room for you in mine
So I’ll take the blame
Feel the fury of your shame
So long as I’m
Half a world away

I don’t know if it’s just me
But for a long time it’s seemed
That this thing has been heading south
Long swallowed my pride
But I can’t meet your eyes
As the words tumble out of my mouth
I fell for the traveler's romance
But you know I never gave myself the chance
Well it might sound strange
But in my own silent way
I’ve been a long time
Half a world away

There are some ties
That can never be broken
No matter how far down the track
Now I might play it cool
In the company of others
But you know me better than that
Just a black figure through the fog
He’s been trailing me like a dog
Well the shadow of our love
Spans the distance between us
I can still feel it from
Half a world away

Now I’m kicking my heels
On the cobblestones
In a home away from home
Licking at my wounds
In this cold dusty room
Reaping the seeds that I’ve sewn
Soon I’ll cross the line
Daylight savings time
Well I don’t know if you’re sleeping
Or how my heart’s been keeping
You know I left it
Half a world away

No I don’t want to be remembered
As some first-time offender
Or as the one who got away
Think of me the way I out to be
Coming good
On those promises I made

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from The Overland, released February 24, 2017
Greg Steps: Guitar, vocals
Olivia Hand: Piano
Bob Hutchison: Guitar
James Kemp: Bass

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Greg Steps Melbourne, Australia

Greg Steps is an indie-folk singer songwriter living in Naarm/ Melbourne. Teaching himself guitar as a teenager on his dad’s Yamaha acoustic, he developed a love for singing, ultimately revealing a distinctive, homespun voice. Aided by his inherently watchful eye and vivid imagination, he has forged a body of songs that are sophisticated, poetic and timeless. ... more

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