Slipping Away

"Slipping Away" is the sixth track on Switchfoot's ninth album, Fading West.

Lyrics
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 Staring up at the ceiling It’s four in the morning I can’t sleep and it feels like a warning

Oh, would you believe me If I could say it just the way that I’m feeling 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? Where’d you go?

I know this isn’t what you had 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 can tell you it’s urgent I try to shout but the words don’t come out (away)

I feel it slipping away