1 step forward, 3 steps back

Called you on the phone today

Just to ask you how you are

All I did was speak normally

And somehow I still struck a nerve

You got me fucked up in the head, boy

Never doubted myself so much

Like am I pretty? Am I fun, boy?

I hate that I gave you power over that kind of stuff

'Cause it's always one step forward and three steps back

I'm the love of your life until I make you mad

It's always one step forward and three steps back

Do you love me, want me, hate me? Boy, I don't understand

No, I don't understand

And maybe in some masochistic way

I kinda find it all exciting

Like which lover will I get today?

Will you walk me to the door or send me home cryin'?

It's one step forward and three steps back

I'm the love of your life until I make you mad

It's always one step forward and three steps back

Do you love me, want me, hate me? Boy, I don't understand

No, it's back and forth, did I say somethin' wrong?

It's back and forth, goin' over everything I said

It's back and forth, did I do somethin' wrong?

It's back and forth, maybe, this is all your fault

Instead it's one step forward and three steps back

And I'd leave you, but the roller coaster's all I've ever had

Yeah, it's one step forward and three steps back

Do you love me, want me, hate me? Boy, I don't understand

No, I don't understand