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Passage of Time

from Long Distance Relationship by S.A. Bach

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written 9/30/03

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Never thought I'd be the one
To fall behind with the passage of time
But now it's hard to believe
That she ever wasn't too good for me

I want her back, I want her back
But she keeps on racing around the track
I see her coming in the rearview
Once again she blows right past

Many times I had good friends
And then grew up and apart from them
So many times I had close friends
And later concluded they were idiots

I never thought I'd be the one
To fall behind with the passage of time
But now it's hard to believe
There was ever a time she would have wanted me

I want her back, I still want her back
But she keeps on racing around the track
It makes me dizzy just watching her
I take a deep breath and pull over

Stupid fucking unsurpassable benchmark
Making me eternally want more
And she's lapped me once again
Now even I cannot pretend
That she's the same girl that loved me then
Yet I can't help but feel it when

I see those eyes
Her freckles are still there (when her makeup's off)
And all the love I recall
Is still with me after all
Makes me think I ought to always
Have some chance in this world

Never thought I'd find a soul
That I would place my own below
Never thought I'd meet a girl
Who'd make me pale next to her

I've never before been one
To fall behind with the passage of time
So maybe it was charity
That made her want to get next to me

I want her back, I want her back
But she keeps on racing around the track
I try to look pathetic as I can
But it's too late, she's found a real man

This is my strength
Make no mistake
This is my best
I must confess

This is my life
The depth and the height
This is my bliss
This is as real as it gets

I'm never meant to be the one for her again
I'm never going to catch up, she's bound to win
I suppose I'll have to stay behind, inside my mind
As time goes on by
Trapped inside a teenage world
Singing teenage songs to teenage girls

I want her back
But she won't be back around this way
Sophie turned 20 today

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from Long Distance Relationship, released June 23, 2007
Rachel Arnold: cello
S.A. Bach: vocals, acoustic guitar
Johnnie Cheng: violin
Shareef Elfiki: string arrangement
Cassia Streb: viola

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S.A. Bach Springfield, Missouri

ever-bewildered anti-folkie from LA-via-Branson-via-LA. singer-guitarist-songwriter w/Oh Yeah, the Future (comma is part of the name), The Middle Initials, Star Maps & The Bachs. my name is trademarked :(

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