The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Now it falls all around me
Did I think I could run away?
Now it's coming to find me
This world that I deserve
Now it burns across this shadow
I lift my eyes to fire
Under a falling sky
Hopeless, there's nowhere to hide
The terror is real this time
Under a falling sky
I'm under, I'm under
A falling sky
There you are, so far away
Did you think I was fighting you?
I only wanted to carry you
So far away from here
The nightmare bleeds
The poison seeps
I hear you call
You're screaming, screaming
Under a falling sky
Hopeless, there's nowhere to hide
The terror is real this time
Under a falling sky
I'm under, I'm under
A falling sky
My fate it rains, it rains like cinders
The cadent drums, the war it comes
Growing thunder, terror, wonder
Falling, falling
It's falling, falling
Under a falling sky
The terror is real this time
It's over now, it's over
NOW!
The terror is real!
I'm under, I'm under
A falling sky
Under a falling sky
I'm falling, I'm falling
The terror is real this time
I'm falling, I'm falling
Under a falling sky
I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm under.
Did I think I could run away?
Now it's coming to find me
This world that I deserve
Now it burns across this shadow
I lift my eyes to fire
Under a falling sky
Hopeless, there's nowhere to hide
The terror is real this time
Under a falling sky
I'm under, I'm under
A falling sky
There you are, so far away
Did you think I was fighting you?
I only wanted to carry you
So far away from here
The nightmare bleeds
The poison seeps
I hear you call
You're screaming, screaming
Under a falling sky
Hopeless, there's nowhere to hide
The terror is real this time
Under a falling sky
I'm under, I'm under
A falling sky
My fate it rains, it rains like cinders
The cadent drums, the war it comes
Growing thunder, terror, wonder
Falling, falling
It's falling, falling
Under a falling sky
The terror is real this time
It's over now, it's over
NOW!
The terror is real!
I'm under, I'm under
A falling sky
Under a falling sky
I'm falling, I'm falling
The terror is real this time
I'm falling, I'm falling
Under a falling sky
I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm under.
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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This is about a person just completely coming undone and there is no turning back. Because in the song it sounds like he is trying to escape but not wanting to leave the world of sin he has created. In the end he eventually leaves. The whole Beauty and Rage album is like a novel. And thats why Red is my fav Christian band!!!
@Evanecence2001 not sure if it is sin per se. Could simply be that they've failed someone in something they promised to do, or perhaps they broke a relationship through their inaction etc. etc. Agree it sounds like someone's life is coming undone, and due to their own fault ... through sin though??