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After The Fall Lyrics
So now love is gone
I can't t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it's just too late
Waited far too long
Chorus:
Should have told you then I knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn't come out right
So I'll tell you
Straight from my heart
You meant more to me
Than I let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now
But a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There's not enough time
He's a workin' man
Can't stop fallin'
Heartaches callin'
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left after you fall
No not much no
Oh I say love is gone
I can't go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But It's just too late
Waited far too long
Repeat Chorus 2x
No, no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall
I can't t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it's just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then I knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn't come out right
So I'll tell you
Straight from my heart
Than I let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There's not enough time
He's a workin' man
Heartaches callin'
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left after you fall
No not much no
I can't go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But It's just too late
Waited far too long
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall
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It is about a man that took his woman for granted and too late to reconcile his grave mistakes. I think the line...THERES NOT ENOUGH TIME HES A WORKING MAN... is very clever. Journey stresses that this is about a typical tough blue collar working class guy, that feels he is doing right for his woman by just providing. This is sung by proxy by Steve Perry as opposed to Faithfully, sung about Mr. Perry.
what a beautiful song....it's kinda sad....it's about breaking up and what happens after you do fall....
Always liked this song, has a lot of the Steve Perry R&B style. This song has Randy Jackson of American Idol on bass.
The song is a simple but eloquent expression of the sense of confusion and loss after a break-up. I don't think Randy Jackson was on this track. This song is on Frontiers and Jackson played on the Raised on Radio LP. Bass would have been played by Ross Valory.
Like others have said this is about a break-up. I'm quite surprised this doesn't have more comments because in my opinion this is one of their best songs. This and Separate Ways are so amazing!
The solo/riff at the end of the song always rips into my heart. So much emotion....Brings back memories of many, many years ago
I would say the meaning is pretty clear on this song. He took his wife/girlfriend for granted. She did all she could and held on by loving him more than she received from him and he didn't see any of it until it was too late. After the fall of the relationship, he realized how much he loved her and how he should have told her and shown her. He always knew but his actions didn't show her. And now it's too late. She's gone. He is falling and his heartache is about the guilt of how he could have changed everything had he just said something.