Lyrics to Falling Down

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