So you're gone but I know you're not so far away
You're a call on the phone or a ride on a plane
But that just isn't the same, yeah well

That's ok because I was never home anyway
So now everyone's evolving and I am just the same
As I was ten years ago, but I don't know
Maybe a simple life is more the way to go
Yeah, but then again, I'm mostly all alone

Cause I'm losing everyone
But I know I can't lose you
And maybe my time will come
But I know I can't lose you

Cause the older I get
Well the more that life is making sense
And it's similar to traffic or being president
'Cause I'm not the one in control
You grab a hold
I'm just a hammer helping to nail the future down
But it's getting hard making my friends leave town

But maybe I missed the nose right on my face
For what's just past it
And maybe I have the gift that everyone speaks so highly of
Funny how nobody wants it

words and music by Derek Webb

Behind the Song:
"I'm finding that being in my 20's is bringing with it a lot of peripheral changes, and there are moments when I felt that life was moving forward for everyone but me. I started writing this song the morning my only brother was leaving town, newly married, to begin his new life. Even though the miles are considerable, our bond as brothers is much stronger." - Derek Webb (Caedmon's Call)