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High Falls Lyrics


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Cover art for High Falls lyrics by Allman Brothers Band, The

This song has no words, but we can still find much meaning here through the title and the music composition. "High Falls" has a double meaning: (a) literally, a waterfall in a serene mountain setting, and (b) a disastrous setback in life after achieving great success. This song explores both themes through the lives of brothers Greg and Duane Allman. Greg's perspective is expressed through his own keyboard solos and Duane's is depicted by Dickie Betts' poignant guitar solos. Both reflect growing mastery of their instruments, producing great exhilaration, freedom and fleeting moments of bliss, followed by unspeakable sorrow, arising from Duane's death in a motorcycle crash at age 24 at the height of his fame and Greg's downward spiral into drug addiction. However, this song is not a downer, focusing instead on appreciation of those brief moments of joy and beauty as reason enough for carrying on in life.

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