Two Steps Behind (2020 Version)

Robert James

I like this song, and I’ve recorded it twice now, but I don’t think either recording lives up to its potential. I’ve been in Covid lock down for nine months now so I might just be crazy. Who can tell?

I cut a little out of the original. Other than that it’s pretty much the same. I added some extra harmony vocals, and some extra leads over the end chorus. I think they are good changes.

The rhythm guitars are a Gibson SG Standard into a Ryra the Klone and a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are a Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Klon KTR and the same two amps.

It never seems like enough
I’m Always two steps behind
and when things start to get rough
It feels like I’m going blind

A little forward
a little backward
a little out of control
Out of the middle
from every angle
how will the center ever hold

I cannot help it
I cannot stop it
I cannot fight my way through
It’s not a failure
It’s not defeatist
what else is there left to do

Nothing good can come of this
Nothing but a tragedy
nothing positive
nothing for the best
nothing good can come of this