Fairly sure it's:
"...how I followed through"
When I first heard the second verse I assumed it was:
"And all this time I've fooled myself it's true"
Which to my mind makes more sense, but on re-listening I can see where people are coming from with "force." In this case, there's probably supposed to be a semi-colon somewhere in there.
"And all this time I force (or "I've forced") myself; It's true/I'm slipping further than you know."
Which would also make sense. I don't know where people are getting "stepping" from, as "slipping" both makes more sense and sounds more accurate.
Anyway, any thoughts on the meaning? Since the verse is clearly about the singer telling the subject of the song how much they've hurt him, can we assume the chorus is another character? Or is it intended to reflect that the singer still wants to stay with the subject? I think the most intriguing lines in this song are "though the angels scream and shout for you/they're following me home," which could almost be construed to case this piece into religious terms, unless the "angels" are being used here to mean "good guys," as in "on the side of the angels" (in which case it's just stating that whilst the subject of the song makes a good pretence of having got the worst of their relationship, the singer is the one who has really been wronged).
Fairly sure it's: "...how I followed through" When I first heard the second verse I assumed it was: "And all this time I've fooled myself it's true" Which to my mind makes more sense, but on re-listening I can see where people are coming from with "force." In this case, there's probably supposed to be a semi-colon somewhere in there. "And all this time I force (or "I've forced") myself; It's true/I'm slipping further than you know." Which would also make sense. I don't know where people are getting "stepping" from, as "slipping" both makes more sense and sounds more accurate.
Anyway, any thoughts on the meaning? Since the verse is clearly about the singer telling the subject of the song how much they've hurt him, can we assume the chorus is another character? Or is it intended to reflect that the singer still wants to stay with the subject? I think the most intriguing lines in this song are "though the angels scream and shout for you/they're following me home," which could almost be construed to case this piece into religious terms, unless the "angels" are being used here to mean "good guys," as in "on the side of the angels" (in which case it's just stating that whilst the subject of the song makes a good pretence of having got the worst of their relationship, the singer is the one who has really been wronged).