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Falling Down
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Singer/Songwriter
Falling Down was released on January 1, 2000 by We're About 9 as a part of the album Something Important With Your Time
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2000
LabelWe're About 9
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brian Gundersdorf
Brian Gundersdorf
Songwriter

Lyrics

I'm no expert on the subject
But I've heard the words before
Scattered in my epicenter
Where bad memories are stored
She says, "No
I'm not falling down
I've got two feet in every corner
And a hand on every wall
And if this one tries to hurt me
I'll just kick him in the balls
Oh no
I'm not falling down"
But she's no expert on the subject
She doesn't know if she's in love
Every time she starts to fall
She ends up buried in the stuff
I say, "Listen to yourself
This sounds like pain"
She says, "I know this
But from all of my experience
I'm pretty sure that that's what love is"
But I say, "Love is caused by chemicals"
And she says, "PMS is caused by chemicals"
I wish they would make a pad
That would soak up all the aftermath
Of that boy
So she could throw it all away
And all the opportunities
Of her life
Hide like fingerprints now
From her sight
And she is dusting the floor
For any sign of life that can be found
Looking up at the hands that would save her
Screaming, "No, I don't need you
I'm not falling down"
So I compare him to a paint-by-numbers
Drawn over the top
Of Michelangelo's ceiling
Or Klaus Söldenberg's soft stuff
And she compares me to a critic
And I say, "That's just your anger coming out"
And she says, "See?
There you go again"
But I like to be there for her
And listen to the pain
Pouring out of her like music
With the ugly notes sustained
And if I run out of responses
It's 'cause she's heard 'em all before
So I practice making silence
And all of these stupid metaphors
But her words don't make it past me
And she needs that opportunity
I wish they would make a flag
Out of all the self she gave away
She could launch it in the air one time
And tell him everything she has to say
And all the opportunities
Of her life
Hide like fingerprints now
From her sight
And she is dusting the floor
For any sign of life that can be found
Looking up at the hands that would save her
Screaming, "No, I don't need you
I'm not falling down"
Written by: Brian Gundersdorf
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