I think this has a lot to do with life and the mistakes people make..the quick turns life throws at you.
I think he's singing about being in a perfect world, a world of happiness and one in which everything's going fine, and everyone's "holding hands" and "dancing" around in a circle (with the reference to "pocket full of posies", signifying the "Ashes, Ashes" dance kids always do..) and then all of a sudden, someone slips up and the whole group or relationship "falls down" or collapses. And the rest of the song seems to encompass the process of getting back up, recovering from that blow, or that fall.
He sings "We all fall down" meaning everyone does it, each day, people slip up and say the wrong thing and then have to make up for it, and deal with the consequences somehow. And the next line "down on the inside/pretty on the outside" deals with the cover that people use when this is happening. For instance, someone's hurt or "down on the inside" but they'll put on a front to make sure no one knows..a front that's "pretty" and deceptive.
I think this has a lot to do with life and the mistakes people make..the quick turns life throws at you.
I think he's singing about being in a perfect world, a world of happiness and one in which everything's going fine, and everyone's "holding hands" and "dancing" around in a circle (with the reference to "pocket full of posies", signifying the "Ashes, Ashes" dance kids always do..) and then all of a sudden, someone slips up and the whole group or relationship "falls down" or collapses. And the rest of the song seems to encompass the process of getting back up, recovering from that blow, or that fall.
He sings "We all fall down" meaning everyone does it, each day, people slip up and say the wrong thing and then have to make up for it, and deal with the consequences somehow. And the next line "down on the inside/pretty on the outside" deals with the cover that people use when this is happening. For instance, someone's hurt or "down on the inside" but they'll put on a front to make sure no one knows..a front that's "pretty" and deceptive.