Well let me tell you a story
About a girl and a boy
He fell in love with his best friend
When she's around, he feels nothing but joy
But she was already broken, and it made her blind
But she could never believe that love would ever treat her right
But did you know that I loved you or were you not aware?
You're the smile on my face
And I ain't going nowhere
I'm here to make you happy, I'm here to see you smile
I've been wanting to tell you this for a long while

What's gonna make you fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

Well I can tell you're afraid of what this might do
'Cause we got such an amazing friendship and that you don't wanna lose
Well I don't wanna lose it either
I don't think I can stand sitting around while you're hurting babe
So take my hand
Well did you know you're an angel who forgot how to fly?
Did you know that it breaks my heart every time to see you cry
'Cause I know that a piece of you's gone,
Every time he done wrong I'm the shoulder you're crying on
And I hope by the time that I'm done with this song that I figure out

What's gonna make you fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
You don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
But if you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless you let your
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

What's gonna make you fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
You're not gon' be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall,

In love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall

If you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless, unless you let yourself fall


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Fall Lyrics as written by Mason Levy Jacob Elisha Luttrell

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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    its about two bestfriends. the boy falls in love with the girl but she won't say anything back because she dont want her heart broken again. the boy is trying to prove to her he wont break her heart and protect her.

    jersey47on February 12, 2013   Link
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    Its pretty self explanatory a boy and a girl were bestfriends and the boy fell for the girl but the girl was too scared because she had her heart broken before and she had a wall up around her heart to protect it and she wouldn't let anyone in but the boy is trying to convince her that he wont break her heart like all the the other guys did but he will keep her safe and that she wont truly know until she lets the wall around her heart down down hence the line "you cant fly unless you let yourself fall"

    BeICONicon July 24, 2012   Link
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    I heard this song is for Selena? lol how come? "he fell in love with his best friend, when she's around he feels nothing but joy" and since when Selena is Justin's "best friend"? she had just started to hang out with him just when the world knows him, then they only built a friendship for few months before finally dated. "I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart" proves that its anyone but Selena. how come she got wall wrapped all the way around her heart when the only thing she does is dating any guy who's famous atm?

    I know I sound like a mean person, but I'm not. I'm just stating my opinion but...honestly I would be really disappointed if this actually tells about her

    60squeenon November 16, 2012   Link
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    Song Meaning

    By:-$uZ@^ Well,THIS IS Really a sad song and my Fav song among Justin Bieber's Believe Album. This Has Common sensation of teling that he loves a girl though he can't say he is in love b'coz the girl he is love in is already broken by someone.He thinks he can fix it by loving her and not breaking her again.He thinks it's too late but he will catch if she falls in love. He is too afraid to tell her if se deies or she won't answer his question.But if she loves her they both acn be together forever and ever when she FALL's in LOVE.

    lamasuzan2on March 04, 2013   Link
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    Song Fact

    It's about his best friend Caitlin Beadles, the song explains itself.

    xoxobreatheon October 18, 2014   Link

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