Footsteps Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Don't even think about reachin' me
I won't be home
Don't even think about stoppin' by
Don't think of me at all
[Chorus 1]
I did a what I had to do
If there was a reason, a-it was you
[Verse 2]
Ah, a-don't even think about gettin' inside
Voices in my head, ooh, voices
[Chorus 2]
I got scratches all over my arms
One for each day since I fell apart
I did, ah, what I had to do
If there was a reason, it was you
[Post-Chorus]
A-footsteps in the hall
It was you, you
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, pictures on my chest
It was you, it was you
Don't even think about reachin' me
I won't be home
Don't even think about stoppin' by
Don't think of me at all
[Chorus 1]
I did a what I had to do
If there was a reason, a-it was you
[Verse 2]
Ah, a-don't even think about gettin' inside
Voices in my head, ooh, voices
[Chorus 2]
I got scratches all over my arms
One for each day since I fell apart
I did, ah, what I had to do
If there was a reason, it was you
[Post-Chorus]
A-footsteps in the hall
It was you, you
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, pictures on my chest
It was you, it was you
[Chorus 3]
I did a-what I had to do
Oh, and if a there was a reason, oh, there wasn't no reason, no
And if there's something you'd like to do
Oh, just let me continue to blame you
[Post-Chorus]
A-footsteps in the hall
It was you, you
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, pictures on my chest
It was you, you
Oh
I did a-what I had to do
Oh, and if a there was a reason, oh, there wasn't no reason, no
And if there's something you'd like to do
Oh, just let me continue to blame you
[Post-Chorus]
A-footsteps in the hall
It was you, you
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, pictures on my chest
It was you, you
Oh
About
Genius Annotation
Footsteps is the third song in a trilogy called Mamasan.
The Mamasan Trilogy consists of “Alive", “Once", and “Footsteps". In that order. Together they tell the tale of incest, murder, and finally, the remorse of a man on death row about to take a walk down the green mile.
The admission in the opening line and subsequent execution suggest that the lyrics are meant to be read as a police confession.
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- 1.All Night
- 2.Sad
- 3.Down
- 4.Hitchhiker
- 6.Alone
- 8.Education
- 10.U
- 11.Leavin’ Here
- 13.Whale Song
- 14.Undone
- 15.Hold On
- 16.Yellow Ledbetter
- 17.Fatal
- 18.Other Side
- 19.Hard to Imagine
- 20.Footsteps
- 21.Wash
- 22.Dead Man
- 23.Strangest Tribe
- 24.Drifting
- 25.Let Me Sleep
- 26.Last Kiss
- 27.Sweet Lew
- 28.Dirty Frank
- 29.Brother
- 30.Bee Girl
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Release Date
May 11, 1992
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