Falling Fast

(Tempo: Mid-tempo acoustic, building from a cautious, steady beat into something more rhythmic and driving.)

(Verse 1)

I’d packed the boxes and I’d changed the locks

I put my heart in a cold, lead-lined box

I told my girlfriends over cheap red wine

"I’m finished with the species, I’m doing just fine"

I had a list of the scars and the names of the thieves

I was happy alone with the wind in the leaves

I swore on my life, I swore to the moon

That no man would ever get back in this room.

(Chorus)

But now I’m falling like a stone, and it’s happening fast

I’m breaking every vow I made about the past

I said I was done, I said "never again"

I was sick of the liars and the "good for nothing" men

But you’re moving through my defenses like a ghost through a wall

And I’m terrified of how much I’m liking the fall

I went from "leave me alone" to "don’t let me go"

In a heartbeat, a minute, a "where did you come from?" show.

(Verse 2)

It’s been three weeks and I already know

The way you take your coffee and the way you go slow

I keep looking for the fine print, the hidden sting

The "crazy" accusations that the others used to bring

But you’re just... kind. And you’re just... there.

With a steady sort of grace that I wasn’t prepared to bear

I had a five-year plan for being happily alone

And you wrecked it with a smile and a soft-spoken tone.

(Chorus)

And now I’m falling like a stone, and it’s happening fast

I’m breaking every vow I made about the past

I said I was done, I said "never again"

I was sick of the liars and the "good for nothing" men

But you’re moving through my defenses like a ghost through a wall

And I’m terrified of how much I’m liking the fall

I went from "leave me alone" to "don’t let me go"

In a heartbeat, a minute, a "where did you come from?" show.

(Bridge)

My head is screaming "Slow down, look at the tracks!"

"Remember the bruises and the knives in your back!"

But my heart is a traitor, it’s opening wide

It’s tired of the armor, it’s tired of the hide

I didn’t want to need you, I didn’t want to care

But I’m breathless and spinning in the middle of the air.

(Guitar Solo - Energetic, hopeful, a little bit chaotic)

(Chorus)

Yeah, I’m falling like a stone, and it’s happening fast

I’m burying the ghosts of the men in my past

I said I was done, I said "never again"

But maybe I was just done with the wrong kind of men

Because you’re moving through my defenses like a ghost through a wall

And I’m finally brave enough to like the fall

I went from "leave me alone" to "don’t let me go"

In a heartbeat, a minute, a "where did you come from?" show.

(Outro)

(Music slows down, back to the steady acoustic beat)

I guess I’m a liar.

I guess I’m a fool.

I broke every one of my "never again" rules.

But you’re holding my hand...

And you’re not letting go.

So much for the plan.

(Laughs softly)

God, I hope you’re the one.

Don't prove me wrong.

Just keep holding on.

Yeah... keep holding on.