Story Behind The Song

Shoe is about a long distance relationship with guy who always said the right things but the actions never matched. He was someone who loved being in the public eye and being on camera but his shiny words on camera were empty words in real relationships and his work was always his excuse for not showing up. "You hide behind the public eye, dripping with your alibi..."

Song Description

The term "keeping your foot in the door" is explored in this song about a long distance relationship where the other person is keeping the door open in the relationship with an empty shoe, the person isn't there but they are stringing along the protagonist making them believe that they care with all the right words.

Lyrics

Shoe
By Annelise LeCheminant

It's not the way you never called
It's not the twice a year you'd show your face
It's not the half lies that you told
It's not the loving words that meant nothing

I can't believe I believed you
I'm sifting words to find the truth
Here, I no longer need your shoe

You left it in the door
I don't want it anymore
It never walked my floor
Just kept me on a string
Tied up to the dream
That I meant something to you
But I only got your shoe

You hide behind the public eye
Dripping with your alibi
Running from the reasons why
You play your solitaire

I can't believe I believed you
I'm sifting words to find the truth
Here, I no longer need your shoe

You left it in the door
I don't want it anymore
It never walked my floor
Just kept me on a string
Tied up to the dream
That I meant something to you
That I meant something...

Oh, you left it in the door
I don't want it anymore
It never walked my floor
Just kept me on a string
Tied up to the dream
That I meant something to you
But I only got your shoe

I can't believe I believed you
I'm sifting words to find the truth
Here, I no longer need