Slipping Away - Switchfoot, Jon Foreman, Chad Butler

Remember coming home at four in the morning

Before the sun was up

Back when the east was a fire of gold

Just waiting for the rest of the sky to fall in love

Our hope is just a metaphor, of something better

For all of our dreams tonight

And fear is just a shadow of, the things that matter the most

And I fear that I’m losing hope tonight

Oh, I feel like I’m dreaming

Oh, staring up at the ceiling

Oh, it’s four in the morning

I can’t sleep and it feels like a warning

Oh, yeah would you believe me?

If I could say it just the way that I’m feeling

Oh, the words that I wanted to say

I feel them slipping away

Remember that kid with the quivering lip

Whose heart was on his sleeve like a first aid kit?

Where are you now?

Where are you now?

Remember that kid didn’t know when to quit?

I still lose my breath when I think about it

Oh, where’d you go?

(Oh where’d you go?)

Oh, I feel like I’m dreaming

Oh, staring up at the ceiling

Oh, it’s four in the morning

I can’t sleep and it feels like a warning

Oh, yeah would you believe me?

If I could say it just the way that I’m feeling

Oh, the words that I wanted to say

I feel them slipping away

I know this isn’t what you wanted

Past words in the present are haunting us now

And on and on and on and on (I feel I’m slipping away)

My heartbeat could tell you it’s urgent

I try to shout but the words don’t come out

I feel I’m slipping away

Oh, I feel like I’m dreaming

Oh, staring up at the ceiling

Oh, it’s four in the morning

I can’t sleep and it feels like a warning

Oh, yeah would you believe me?

If I could say it just the way that I’m feeling

Oh, the words that I wanted to say

I feel them slipping away