 The song is a mid-tempo ballad, relating the singer's comfort with being "one step out of time" in relation to rejecting the reality around him, instead pining after his former lover.Not accepting that his relationship is over, and spurning the disapproval of his friends, he wishes to put "his love on the line" one more time, imploring his former lover to just let him know what he had done wrong.After the disappointing result Samantha Janus received on behalf of the United Kingdom at Rome in 1991, the UK national final, "A Song for Europe", was retooled.