[Verse 1]
We are partners
We are a team
Together we'll have everything we dream
If we combine our efforts
There's nothing we can't do
You'll support me
But first I'll support you
For now we'll go after the things that you need
A single objective to help you succeed
Because I'm as important to you as you are to me
I'll get what I need
Eventually
[Chorus]
But you go first
And I'll take the rest
And it will all work out for the best
[Verse 2]
I have patience because I understand you
And can wait to do all of the things that I plan to
But what is that elusive thing you'll earn
That makes you finally realize
It's my turn?
Am I fooling myself that we're really united?
The love is there;
But the respect unrequited
I am your anchor
Do I just hold you in place?
The eye of your storm
Am I just empty space?
[Chorus]
But you go first
And I'll take the rest
And it will all work out for the best
[Bridge]
You know an object at rest
Stays at rest
You can't have inertia
With things unexpressed
By the time I knew politeness
Was the opposite of brilliance
I'd spent my resources
And lost my resilience
Without me,
You pick up where you left off
Without you,
I'm back where I started
[Chorus]
But you go first
And I'll take the rest
And it will all work out for the best
[Verse 3]
I know you didn't consciously deceive
And neither did I when I chose to believe
But now I am stuck in a place I can't leave
While I watch you achieve and achieve and achieve
I guess, maybe I knew how much you would cost
And when I said "yes" that I'd already lost
But now I'm so tired and not sure how to pursue it
And I don't have a partner like me
To help me do it