Fall

Music and words by Barefoot McCoy ©2015. Live recording: http://youtu.be/vb0vA3JerSc

I was freed from the gallows with no reason why

The angel of death would not let me pass by

She screamed out my name, and I answered the call

She said I could live if I learned how to fall

I walked off in the dark, no direction or aim

I lost my life’s meaning; forgot my own name

Of ten million strangers, I’m strangest of all

Forgot how to live; now I’ll learn how to fall

I’ve seen a newborn baby learn how to walk

I’ve heard an old beggar forget how to talk

I’ve met crippled men who are learning to crawl

The rest of their lives, they will learn how to fall

I believe in a world where the blind man will see

These rich men have wealth but will never be free

The globe may be big but world is so small

You’ll learn how to live when you learn how to fall

I’ve swam all these waters and ‘crossed all this land,

But it takes one long year just to learn how to stand,

The last bridge was burning by men who built walls,

One hundred long years to learn how to fall