One Foot

'One Foot' is a song by my favourite new band fun from the album 'Some Nights'. The lyrics spoke about what I had in mind to write about...decided to post the lyrics instead. Such a beauty if you know the meaning.


I'm standing in [Lagos] just waiting for something to happen
I can't help but look
Thinking that everyone doesn't get it
To my left is a window
Where did I go?
My reflection just blends into rows of clothes
And bad ideas but ideas nonetheless


So I'll put one foot in front of the other one
I don't need a new love or a new life
Just a better place to die
I'll put one foot in front of the other one
I don't need a new love or a new life
Just a better place to die


I happened to stumble upon a chapel last night
And I can't help but back up
When I think of what happens inside
I got friends locked in boxes
That's no way to live
What you're calling a sin isn't up to them
After all, I thought we were all your children
But I will die for my own sins, thanks a lot
We'll rise up ourselves
Thanks for nothing at all
So up off the ground
Our forefathers are nothing but dust now


I'll put one foot in front of the other one
I don't need a new love or a new life
Just a better place to die
I'll put one foot in front of the other one
I don't need a new love or a new life
Just a better place to die


Maybe I should learn to shut my mouth
I am [almost] twenty-five
And I can't make a name for myself
Some nights I break down and cry
I'm lucky that my [mother's] still alive
[She's] been fighting all [her] life
And this is all I've ever known
May [her] soul live on forever in my song


I'll put one foot in front of the other one
I don't need a new love or a new life
Just a better place to die
I'll put one foot in front of the other one
I don't need a new love or a new life
Just a better place to die