Jesse Waldman Music

Lyrics

Don't follow in my footsteps, I'm lost
Don't follow in my footsteps, I'm lost
I felt it'd be better if our paths never crossed
Don't follow in my footsteps, I'm lost

I left my family with a broken home
I left Yonge and Steeles with the devil in my bones
Don't follow in my path I've never known where I'm going
I left my family with a broken home


They won't lead to fortune or fame
They'll only leave you haunted and estranged
I was your father but I never was your dad, it's a shame...
I never earned that name

My footsteps are faded and dark
They're crooked, vague and staggered and they've never gone too far
It seems your greatness was written in the stars
My footsteps are faded and dark

Don't stand where this withered ghost has stood
Through night shifts and dive bars in low life neighbourhoods
Don't follow in my footsteps they won't get you nowhere good
Don't stand where this withered ghost has stood

I was young, just only twenty one, wild and
Free my whole life had just begun, my tortured spirit belonged to no one
What's done is done... but I see you in everyone

Forget me, I'm a stranger to you
Forgive me, I'm a stranger, my heart was never true
You have my eyes and my bad blood too
Forget me, I'm a stranger to you

Don't follow in my footsteps, I'm lost
Don't follow in my footsteps, I'm lost
I felt it'd be better if our paths never crossed
Don't follow in my footsteps, I'm lost


They won't lead you to holiness or peace
Solid rhythms or brilliant melodies
They'll only leave you with senseless tragedies, your victories
Owe nothing to me