David Karsten Daniels Falling Down Lyrics

driving fast on a icy mountain pass
we came bulleting off the road
and flailing, clutching anything
(my stomach in my throat)
i screamed to my passengers, "I love you"
and i prayed to what I do not know
I hoped we would not suffer
but the car it did not slow
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and flying through the darkness
not stopping, and missing all the trees
i couldn't help but remember
that thought i often think -
that maybe I'm invincible
I just don't think I can die
but in the seconds seeming like hours
I came to see I might
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cause every moment longer I was quite sure we're gaining speed
the outcome seemed more certain
approaching terminal velocity
and I thought about the movies
a ball of flames, exploding noise
and all of it so romantic
falling down the mountain, plummeting with my boys
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and that's when we finally hit the ground
careening hundreds of feet
I knew we wouldn't go out pleasantly
(pressed into a tree)
but all the sudden we're just stopped there
intact, our limbs and heads
silent and not moving
amazed to find that we're not dead
we're amazed that we're not dead

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