[Verse 1]

Amber slipped away last night

Jim's still in the hospital

And with everything we went through with dad last year

That is a serious kick in the balls

None of us need this

Least of all young Caroline

Child, I'd be lying if I told you I thought that everything was going to be fine



[Chorus]

Caroline, I know things are desperate

But things will get better in the end

And every step you take forward is another step you never have to take again



[Verse 2]

You know her parents built her up

But then they let her fall aside

Now she has those scars on her legs that she won't explain

From when she disappeared that night

She says she's not a little girl anymore

Her hands, they don't need holding much

But the child that I've known since the day she was born is always going to need some human touch



[Chorus]

Caroline, I know things are desperate

But things will get better in the end

And every step you take forward is another step you never have to take again



[Bridge]

It tears me in half to remember your laugh

It tears me in half to remember your laugh



[Chorus]

Caroline, I know things are desperate

But things will get better in the end

And every step you take forward is another step you never have to take again

And every step you take forward is another step you'll never have to take again

Every step you take forward is another step you never have to take again

Every step you take forward is another step you never have to take again

Every step you take forward is another step you never have to take again