From the recordings Life, Love, and Philosophy and Comfortable
I wrote this song in 2000. At the time, I was living through the millennium, my 40th birthday, and the breakup of a 9-year relationship. On the surface, the relationship seemed good, but I had been in denial for much of the time, since the warning signs were more than obvious. It’s an unrealistic view of what was happening, written at a time when I was still working through things, but it may be relevant for other people who don’t realize you have to work at a relationship, and not become too complacent.
Lyrics
Comfortable ©2022 (Originally written in 2000)
-Art Wildish Music Group, LLC- Intro: E 4 measures
E A E
We were comfortable, but we were one step away from complacency,
A E B E
And one step away from complacency is not a good place to be.
E A E
We were comfortable, but we were one step away from complacency,
A E B E
And one step away from complacency is not a good place to be.
E A E
If I could go back in time, back when you were mine.
A E A E B E
I would try to define what made it so, and never let you go.
E A E
We were comfortable, but we were one step away from complacency,
A E B E
And one step away from complacency is not a good place to be.
A E B A
I’ll never understand, how I could let you slip away,
E B A E
How I couldn’t find the words to say to make you stay with me.
E A E
We were comfortable, but we were one step away from complacency,
A E B E
And one step away from complacency is not a good place to be.
A E B A
If I could make it like before, if I could make it go away.
A E B A E
Then I would turn the clouds from gray, do you still care for me.
E A E
We were comfortable, but we were one step away from complacency,
A E B E
And one step away from complacency is not a good place to be.
A E
One step away from complacency
A E B E
One step away from complacency is not a good place to be.