I can't remember when it was good
Moments of happiness in bloom
Maybe I just misunderstood
All of the love we left behind
Watching our flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find
In spite of whatever you become
Forget that reckless thing turned on
I think our lives have just begun
I think our lives have just begun

And I'll feel my world crumbling down
Feel my life crumbling now
Feel my soul crumbling away
Falling away
Falling away with you

Staying awake to chase a dream
Tasting the air you're breathing in
I hope I won't forgot a thing
I wish to hold you close and pray
Watching our fantasies decay
Nothing will ever stay the same
And all of the love we threw away
And all of the hopes we've cherished fade
Making the same mistakes again
Making the same mistakes again

And I'll feel my world crumbling down
Feel my life crumbling now
Feel my soul crumbling away
And falling away
Falling away with you

All of the love we left behind
Watching our flash backs intertwine
Memories I will never find
Memories I will never find


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Falling Away with You Lyrics as written by Christopher Wolstenholme Matthew Bellamy

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    Is seems to me that they're not breaking up. They are a couple in a destructive relationship that, for some reason, are staying together. "Falling away WITH you". "So i'll love whatever you become, and forget the reckless things we've done". I haven't found anyone else who has viewed it this way and that surprises me. Of course I haven't read every comment. This is an amazing song. Though, I hesitate to call it beautiful because it is horribly sad. I mean, two people in a bad relationship, staying together and being miserable...

    dogassnaton June 15, 2008   Link

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