I Fall

The Special Guests

Can you tell me how it feels to say goodbye?
Would you help me if I tried to conquer time?
Is there something that can take me to your side?
Can you teach me how to live within my reach?
Is the world just a passage through a dream?
Can you help me understand what life might mean?
What life might mean

Now some will say you've gone away
And we will meet agian sometday
But I'm doubtful
'Cause I don't know
And I only wish that you could hear me say

I fall
I fall for you
I fall
I fall for you
I fall
I would fall for you

Some window of the world a clouded night
Did you cry when the wind took up its flight?
Walls are fallin' now it's time to say good night
Should have told you what I meant to long ago
Think I loved you but it seemed so hard to show
Would have fallen if I only would have known
If I could have known

Now some will say you've gone away
And we will meet again someday
But I'm doubtful
'Cause I don't know
And I only wish that you could hear me say

I fall
I fall for you
I fall
I fall you you
I fall
I would fall for you

No, nothing'll save me
I know you know it where you've been
Yeah, someone will free me
So I can see your face again
And soothing like an only friend
Because

I fall
I fall for you
I fall
I fall you you
I fall
I would fall for you
I fall
I fall for you
I fall
I fall you you
We fall
I would fall for you

Can you tell me how it feels to say goodbye?


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    This song is what good songs are all about. I have been listening to it constantly for about a year and a half, loving it more and more. I think it is clear what it is about and that just makes it so much more personal. It's a shame nobody knows of this band or the song.

    lilpoeton July 30, 2002   Link
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    i love this song! the special guests rock...

    arid_eyeson August 26, 2002   Link
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    I have been looking for this song ever since it was on Higher Ground. Its amazing- I just wish it wasn't so difficult to find!

    EllieBelleon April 01, 2008   Link

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