Falling Man Lyrics
And tell me all your secret spells
Tell me how you learn
To tell by his voice that he fell
Yet I am just a man still learning how to fall
And I’ll re-invent myself
Still I remember scenes
Of when you looked at someone else
Yet I am just a man still learning how to fall
Then I start to doubt myself
And never look through me
Cause I’ll keep close to myself
Yet I am just a man still learning how to fall
And what I am is who I am
I know what I know
And all I know is that I fell
If only I could walk through walls
Then maybe I would tell who I was
Yet I am just a man still learning how to fall
He is still learning how to "fall" in love. He wants her attention but she looks right through him because her expectations are far too great. She wants him to be too many people at once therefor she can look through him like a ghost but he does not have the ability to walk through walls like a ghost. He is still learning how to fall in love
Ya, agree with it more about him learning how to fall in love and finding himself. The lines in the beginning of the song show that.
Ya, agree with it more about him learning how to fall in love and finding himself. The lines in the beginning of the song show that.
@Fried Ice Cream Agreed, this seems like the most logical interpretation. In addition, "walking through walls" can be a metaphor for breaking through barriers, both physical and mental, to becoming a better person. We all struggle with behavioral barriers in life. A ghost is someone who does not exist. Similarly, a "perfect" person does not exist. All people are flawed. This could be seen as frustration with a partner's unrealistic expectations.
@Fried Ice Cream Agreed, this seems like the most logical interpretation. In addition, "walking through walls" can be a metaphor for breaking through barriers, both physical and mental, to becoming a better person. We all struggle with behavioral barriers in life. A ghost is someone who does not exist. Similarly, a "perfect" person does not exist. All people are flawed. This could be seen as frustration with a partner's unrealistic expectations.
Really incredible song, the guy's voice is amazing, it might be very strange or even strung out, but he does sing it perfectly and conveys all the pain the fall has brought to him. It's all about depression and the personality crisis usually associated with it.
At times his voice does irritate me a little, as it can get off key, but I do think it fits their music. To me I think it could have to do with feeling inept around someone you admire very much so.
To me and maybe I'm reading too much into.. but.. It reeks of the Metaphysical.. The protagonist is asking the girl about her contact with the fallen, via her "magic spells" and wants to know how she knows they are who they say they are, just from hearing their voices.. The protagonist is saying "I'm just a man, still learning how to fall" meaning he is not yet as proficient at falling from grace, as a fallen angel would be. Therefore, protagonist does not know - through his own experience - that she is in fact communicating with real, honest to God, fallen angels, which is why he wants to know her magic spells. He knows that "ghosts walk through walls", but that is about the extent of his knowledge, in this area. To me, the overall "Vibe" of the track suggests a metaphysical aspect, to the song. That is my two cents.. What I hear, anyway.. Peace.
This song is constantly in my head. I'm a cashier and all day at work, I'm just singing the chorus again and again. The customers must think I'm crazy, but this song is just THAT good.
great song i love this albums layers
if you dont like his voice, dont listen to it...its really not that difficult. i think his voice works perfectly with the song and he conveys the meaning of the song perfectly
ties in with the album's overall theme of being injured, as Kazu was when she was thrown off the horse -- with much deeper meanings attached, of course
i would love to be tortured with this song.
his voice is perfect...it has that blonde redhead feeling to it...no one can imitate...torture away...