Talk to me,
Can you listen to me now,
Do you understand?
Can you identify?
But it's as if you seem to,
Make a small effort,
But you bend you're bending my mind,
And you try, and you try, I can see you try to;

Suffocate,
And smother me,
Covered so I can't breathe,

(We) When we collapse,
(Fall) Our weakened hands,
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned,

(We) They'll force you down,
(Fall) And strap you in,
(Down) Now we’ll agree and understand,

Speak slowly,
You gotta get it all out now,
What are you saying?
Just remember we will always be here,
Just in case you have been waiting, waiting,
To show us something or give us some sign,
As if you're gonna:

Suffocate… Smothering,
Covered so you can't breathe,

(We) When we collapse,
(Fall) Our weakened hands,
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned,

(We) They'll force you down,
(Fall) And strap you in,
(Down) Now we’ll agree and understand,

Gently lure your submission,
All the while the suspicion grows… grows,
So be sick of listening,
To senile old and staggering,
Naive… Youth,
Pick us up when:

(We) When we collapse,
(Fall) Our weakened hands,
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned,

(We) They'll force you down,
(Fall) And strap you in,
(Down) Now we’ll agree and understand,

(We) When we collapse,
(Fall) Our weakened hands,
(Down) Fall together at once abandoned,

(We) They'll force you down,
(Fall) And strap you in,
(Down) Now we’ll agree and understaaaaand...
Now we’ll agree and understand.



Lyrics submitted by crash_ollie

Track duration: 03:44


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    General Comment:Great song, but i always thought it was called Fall and performed by slipknot, until i did a little research, but even thought its not Slipknot, its still a very good song.
    Flag Vi10x_SSJ6on October 03, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:All I can say is this song is GREAT cause frankly, I haven't a clue what it is about.
    Flag Rocklovinggirlon October 03, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:OK, I've updated the last line of the first verse, but it doesn't seem to have registered (despite doin' it twice; I guess the server takes time to load it? dunno)

    What are the lines before, that I've missed off? Stick 'em here so I can update it.

    Cheers. :)
    Flag crash_ollieon June 18, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:The Greyest Of Blue Skies is twice as good as Tip, and this is maybe the best song off it.
    Flag Runaron September 22, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i disagree w/ theusedupfinch - both finger 11 cd's are amazing. i could never choose between the two...
    Flag glassjaw_girlon August 31, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:the F11 stuff off of tip is better than this song but this is still a fabulous song and finger eleven is a brilliant band
    Flag TheUsedUpFinchon August 23, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think the song is about trying to achieve what you want to in life no matter what other people say. get as many F11 songs as you can.
    Flag Dv8ingNMEon July 22, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:f11 is awesome, although the stuff off Tip is a million times better, this is still a great song
    Flag gage006on June 20, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:the end to the first verse is wrong on this site......

    "And you try, and you try, to see inside and;"

    is actually :

    "And you try, and you try, I can see you try to suffocate;"
    Flag ab0veon June 18, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:Punk in drublic says... yeah but this is still a pretty good song... No idea what it means though.. maybe that's a good thing, being able to appreciate a song with a new and refreshing ignorance.. ahahha.
    Flag _punk_in_drublic_on June 10, 2002   Link

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