Contextual Analysis of "slippin' away" in Lyrics

when the night starts slippin'

boy you keep my heartbeat skippin'

and just like butterflies

down a back road

start

you're growing colder each day i know i'm losing you

i'm losin' my faith

you're slippin' away

bit by bit

i get so disgusted when i try to kiss you

bit by bit

i get so disgusted when i try to kiss you

you're there in the morning

and though i laugh through teardrops

our love is the price weve paid

last night i saw you out with my best friend

so while you were leading somebody on

while you were leading somebody on

ringling

only forty people

i'm not gonna let you go down

i know you feel it

learn to forgive

live

and i been goin' through the motions

slippin' away

you're gonna gimme all your sweet lovin'

yeah