Falling Down

Album: Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
Charted: 52
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  • Once was a man who consumed his place and time
    He thought nothing could touch him
    But here and now it's a different storyline
    Like the straw he is clutching

    Why has the sky turned grey
    Hard to my face and cold on my shoulder
    And why has my life gone astray
    Scarred by disgrace, I know that its over

    Because I'm falling down
    With people standing round
    But before I hit the ground
    Is there time
    Could I find someone out there to help me?

    Howl at the wind rushing past my lonely head
    Caught inside its own motion
    How I wish it was somebody else instead

    Howling at all this corrosion

    Why did the luck run dry
    Laugh in my face, so pleased to desert me
    Why do the cruel barbs fly?
    Now when disgrace can no longer hurt me

    Because I'm falling down
    With people standing round
    But before I hit the ground
    Is there time
    Could I find someone out there to help me?

    Because I'm falling down
    With people standing round
    But before I hit the ground
    Is there time
    Could I find someone out there to help me?
    I don't know. Why? Writer/s: JOHN NIGEL TAYLOR, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, NICK RHODES, ROGER ANDREW TAYLOR, SIMON JOHN LE BON
    Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing, O/B/O DistroKid, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Barb from Philadelphia, PaI love Duran Duran! Red Carpet Massacre is a great album. Lots of fantastic songs, including this one. My favorite on this album is She's Too Much. Something about that song I just love.
  • Stephanie from Naselle, WaAs I have learned from experience, this song is no representative for the bulk of Red Carpet Massacre, which, by the way, is like Justin Timberlake's album of what he'd like to hear Duran Duran do. Bleh. I wanted a Duran Duran cd, not a JT/DD cd.
  • Mel from Riverbank, CaSo funny, my 7-year-old absolutely loves this song. He put it on one of his CD mixes and plays it whenever we have itunes on. It's definitely going on his ipod :)
  • Amanda from Evergreen, Coi think it is an amazing song because it relates to my life SO much!!!!
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