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How to Take a Fall Lyrics
It's one word, cover-to-cover
It's an endless fuse
Chain-repeater never seems to get any smarter
I'm always marking pages
So that I don't get confused
End up in a fight I never had any part of
Listen, naïve plaything
Coming over, clueless
Every time you call
An accident just waiting to happen
Still hasn't found out
How to take a fall
Make me a present
Make it something sweet
Small enough to go unnoticed and big enough to compete
With this massive past that keeps
Blocking up my street
Looking for a new contender to disassemble
Listen, naïve plaything
Coming over, clueless
Every time you call
An accident just waiting to happen
Still hasn't found out
How to take a fall
How to take a fall
How to take a fall
It's an endless fuse
Chain-repeater never seems to get any smarter
So that I don't get confused
End up in a fight I never had any part of
Coming over, clueless
Every time you call
An accident just waiting to happen
Still hasn't found out
How to take a fall
Make it something sweet
Small enough to go unnoticed and big enough to compete
Blocking up my street
Looking for a new contender to disassemble
Coming over, clueless
Every time you call
An accident just waiting to happen
Still hasn't found out
How to take a fall
How to take a fall
How to take a fall
Song Info
Submitted by
dragonflower44 On Jan 19, 2002
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Heh. Certainly aint from Either/Or. It's the B-Side, along with 'Our Thing', from the Happiness single.
this was written about the time he was involved in a relationship with an older woman. or so im told
-jabba
I think it's just about somebody who has put themselves into something that's way over their head. This is one of the first songs I heard by him, I really like alot. Or, it could be like Jabba said, somebody in a relationship, not nessesarly with an older woman, but just maybe too caught up in the relationship to pay attention to anything else around them and not knowing what they would do without being with that person.
i love this song, really upbeat musically.....anyone got any idea what cd it is on if any? cuz i downloaded it and have no idea where it is from as it's not on any albums or anything. the "naive plaything" lyric works with Jabba's interpretation but i dont know.......i just dont know! ..................RIP
It's definitely about being in a relationship with someone vastly more experienced than himself. He's intrigued by the relationship, but feels abused/controlled by the other person.
Not sure, just my thoughts...
its from either/or and it is a really good song