Half a Step Behind

[Verse 1]
You laugh at something
I don't get the joke
You turn to your phone
Like it's all you know
Our coffee's getting cold
You don't even sip
You say that you're "just tired"
But your hand dodges my grip
[Pre-Chorus]
Used to meet in the middle
Now it's you at the door
I'm talking in circles
You’re counting down
Looking bored
How did "always"
Start running out of time?
Feels like I'm fading
From the edges of your life
[Chorus]
You're half a step ahead
I'm half a beat behind you (behind you)
We used to move as one
Now I can't seem to find you (can't find you)
Every little silence
Hits harder than the fights did
You're half a step ahead
I'm scared you've already left
[Verse 2]
You stay a little later
At places we once shared
You send me a quick message
So I know that you still care
But your words read like weather
Small talk in a storm
We’re lying on the same bed
Still worlds apart
Keeping warm
[Pre-Chorus]
I reach out with a question
You answer with a shrug
You say that nothing's changing
But we barely ever touch
Was there a single moment
Where we crossed that line?
Or did the space between us
Grow one night at a time?
[Chorus]

Sad UK speed garage / trance hybrid, 135-140 BPM. Shuffling swung drums and rubbery bass, filtered organ stabs and airy trance plucks. Verses are intimate with low male vocals and sparse chords, pre-chorus adds rising pads and vocal chops. Chorus blooms wide with sidechained supersaw layers and a simple, haunting topline; second half adds pitched backing ad-libs and a subtle ravey synth riff. Long tail reverb on FX, vocal sits dry and close in the verses, wetter and wider in the hook., male vocals, speed garage, trance, romantic, sad