Like love is fiction mentioned this song is influenced by the Kurt Vonnegut Jr. short story, Long Walk to Forever.
Newt, a private first class (PFC) goes AWOL from his camp in Fort Bragg, NC to see his life long friend, Catharine, who is to be married in a week. Newt asks her for a walk, afterwords mentions that he went AWOL just to see her. As they walk, he tells her that he loves her but doesn't really expect her to love him back. He tells her to remember him from time ti time. She begins to cry, but doing so invites him to kiss her through her expressions. He does and she feels guilty. They stop for a moment to admire the bell tower of a school for blind children. They stop and sit beneath a tree and Newt asks Catharine to close her eyes. As she does, he falls asleep. She admires him as he sleeps. He awakens an hour later and tells her he will leave and turn himself in; that he went AWOL for just one more walk with her. As he turns and walks away, Catharine thinks that if he turns around and calls her name, she will run to him. He does, so she runs to him.
The song seems to switch the roles slomewhat, Newt watches Catherine walk away and waits for to call out to him, but in this version there is no happy ending.
The song title is taken from the line Newt keeps telling Catharine when she erefuses to keep walking: One foot in front of the other-through leaves and over bridges.
Like love is fiction mentioned this song is influenced by the Kurt Vonnegut Jr. short story, Long Walk to Forever.
Newt, a private first class (PFC) goes AWOL from his camp in Fort Bragg, NC to see his life long friend, Catharine, who is to be married in a week. Newt asks her for a walk, afterwords mentions that he went AWOL just to see her. As they walk, he tells her that he loves her but doesn't really expect her to love him back. He tells her to remember him from time ti time. She begins to cry, but doing so invites him to kiss her through her expressions. He does and she feels guilty. They stop for a moment to admire the bell tower of a school for blind children. They stop and sit beneath a tree and Newt asks Catharine to close her eyes. As she does, he falls asleep. She admires him as he sleeps. He awakens an hour later and tells her he will leave and turn himself in; that he went AWOL for just one more walk with her. As he turns and walks away, Catharine thinks that if he turns around and calls her name, she will run to him. He does, so she runs to him.
The song seems to switch the roles slomewhat, Newt watches Catherine walk away and waits for to call out to him, but in this version there is no happy ending.
The song title is taken from the line Newt keeps telling Catharine when she erefuses to keep walking: One foot in front of the other-through leaves and over bridges.