It feels like I only go backwards, baby Every part of me says go ahead I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again Feels like we only go backwards, darling I know that you think you sound silly when you call my name But I hear it inside my head all day When I realize I'm just holding on to the hope that maybe your feelings don't show It feels like I only go backwards, baby Every part of me says go ahead Then I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again Feels like we only go backwards, darling The seed of all this indecision isn't me, oh, no Cause I decided long ago But that's the way it seems to go when trying So hard to get to something real, it feels It feels like I only go backwards, baby Every part of me says go ahead But I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again Feels like we only go backwards, darling It feels like I only go backwards, baby Every part of me says go ahead But I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again Feels like we only go backwards, darling It feels like I only go backwards, baby Every part of me says go ahead But I got my hopes up again, oh, no, not again Feels like we only go backwards, darling