My World Falls Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Arguably the most popular Lu song - at least in concert. 'My World Falls Down' was always a slight notch up in the 'distortion' department than most of ou[C]r [D]stuff,
but still fit [Em]very well. The beauty of this song might lie in its aggressive nature that soon tapers off. It is [C]at times sing-songy, but then turns to flat [D]out screams. Come to think of it, this song is [Em]strangely complex. I doubt very much that it fits the mold for the perfect pop [D]single, yet it works quite [C]nicely. Some have commented that [D]this song is, perhaps, "perfect". I don't know about that, but it's still a lot of fun to [F#m]listen to and play.

[Verse 2]
[Em]At its very core, 'My World Falls Down' deals with a common struggle [C]of [D]knowing wrong, but doing nothing about it. Seeing sin, but refusing to [F#m]give it up to God and deal wit[G]h it. First the struggle ("oh, how my wor[D]ld falls down"), then the rea[F#]lization ("a[F#m]nd how[G] I sink at th[D]e sound"), yet so often we go on with our rou[F#m]tine ([D]"bu[G]t how I won't shut up") - p[D]erhaps hoping that it will just go away, but it does not. The chorus, of cour[F#m]se, is the cry to be freed from this paradigm.[D] How can I live this way, Lord? Wil[Em]l I always be like this? "My G[D]od, get me free!" Still a very real issue in most of our lives. On an interesting side note,
the second verse (I guess it's a verse) has an intended parallel to an incident where I fainted at a Taco Bell. While we were eating, I choked (more or less) on my food, a churro and Pepsi, starting feeling very light-headed, and and finally just passed out in the chair next to me. They all thought that I was just being funny. Adding that brief story into these lyrics serves no actual purpose, its [C]just amusing. [G]I don't thi[Em]nk any of the guys picked up on it until years later. (note: the final yell at the end of the last ver[C]se is *not* an expletive, it just sounds a bit like one.) Oh, how my [G]world falls down
And how I sink at the sound
But how [Em]I won't shut up
I stay (though my pain it swells)
I wait (as if all is well)
I faint (cause I've choked to tell)

[Verse 3]
I've got my sin and I've got my [C]lie
Am I on my face? got to know who
[G]am I
I'm a [Em]stupid man and my eyes are dry
[C]

[Verse 4]
[G]oh, how my wor[D]ld falls dow[F#]n[F#m]
[G]And how I s[D]ink at the[F#m] sound[D]
[G]But now I w[D]on't shut up[F#m]

[Verse 5]
[Em]insa[G]ne. what say me?[A][Am][Em]
My [G]God, get [A]me free[Em]
[G]Insane. what say [A]me?[Am]
[Em]My God, get me free

[Verse 6]
[D]I stay (though how dumb I be)
I wait (as He waits for me)
I faint [C](cause it's [G]so heavy)

[Verse 7]
will I [Em]lift my hands and
[C]die inside?[G]
[Em]I suffocate when I hold my [C]life[G]
Will we [Em]throw this out? ya, I need Christ
[C]

[Verse 8]
[Em]insa[G]ne. what say me?[A][Am][Em]
[G]My God, get me [Am]free[A][Em]
[G]Insane. what say [Am]me?
[Em]My God, get me free[D]

[Verse 9]
[G]oh, how my wor[D]ld falls dow[F#m]n
[G]And how[D] I sink at the[F#] sound[F#m]
[G]And still I w[D]on't shut up

[Outro 1]
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