Ready To Fall

Album: The Sufferer & The Witness (2006)
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  • Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything
    I know I've been gone for what seems like forever
    But I'm here now waiting
    To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger
    But closer than you think
    She said just go on
    To what you pretend is your life
    But please don't die on me

    Wings won't take me
    Heights don't faze me
    So take a step
    But don't look down
    Take a step

    Now I'm standing on the rooftop, ready to fall
    I'm think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
    I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall

    Perpetual motion, the image won't focus
    A blur is all that's seen
    But here in this moment like the eye of the storm
    It all came clear to me
    I found a shoulder to lean on
    An infallible reason to live all by itself
    I took one last look from the heights that I once loved
    And then I ran like hell

    Wings won't take me
    Heights don't faze me
    So take a step
    But don't look down
    Take a step

    Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall
    I'm think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
    I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

    I count the times that I've been sorry
    I know, I know
    Now my compassion slowly drowns
    I know, I know
    If there's a time these walls could guard you
    I know, I know
    Then let that time be right now

    Now I'm standing on the rooftop
    Now I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall
    I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall
    I'm think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
    I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

    Now I'm standing on the rooftop (ready to fall)
    Now I'm standing on the rooftop (ready to fall)
    Now I'm standing on a rooftop (ready to fall)
    Now I'm standing on a rooftop ready to fall Writer/s: BRANDON BARNES, CHRISTOPHER CHASSE, JOSEPH PRINCIPE, TIMOTHY MCILRATH
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 4

  • Uncleman11 from Minnesota, MnTim's voice is like a scream from Earth's soul. Rise against, thanks for everything your songs give us!
  • Bubba from Reno, Nvyep, lyrics are wrong up there. it says "I know i know", it's actually "all in all". Just felt like pointing that out there.
  • Dean from Daytona, --I agree with you tim, The video says it all. This song is about the environment and its affects. Dont litter or do stuff thats wrong. Youre throwing an animals life away.
  • Jack from Lagrange, Txi love the guitar in the song
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