You Go First

We are partners, we are a team
 Together we'll have everything we dream
 If we combine our efforts
 there's nothing we can't do
 You'll support me, but first I'll support you
 For now we'll go after the things that you need
 A single objective to help you succeed
 Because I'm as important to you
 as you are to me
 I'll get what I need eventually
 But you go first
 And I'll take the rest
 And it will all work out for the best
 I have patience because I understand you
 And can wait to do
 all of the things that I planned to
 But what is that elusive thing you'll earn
 That makes you finally realize it's my turn
 Am I fooling myself that we're really united
 The love is there but the respect unrequited
 I am your anchor, do I just hold you in place
 The eye of your storm, am I just empty space
 But you go first
 And I'll take the rest
 And it will all work out for the best
 You know an object at rest stays at rest
 You can't have inertia with things unexpressed
 By the time I knew politeness
 Was the opposite of brilliance
 I'd spent my resources
 And lost my resilience
 Without me you pick up where you left off
 Without you I'm back where I started
 But you go first
 And I'll take the rest
 And it will all work out for the best
 I know you didn't consciously deceive
 And neither did I when I chose to believe
 But now I am stuck in a place I can't leave
 While I watch you achieve and
 achieve and achieve
 I guess maybe I knew how much you would cost
 That when I said yes that I'd already lost
 But now I'm so tired and
 not sure how to pursue it
 And I don't have a partner like me
 to help me do it