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Artist: Chris Whitley
Canonical path: /chris-whitley/breaking-your-fall
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Breaking Your Fall
Read Breaking Your Fall lyrics by Chris Whitley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Breaking Your Fall
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The horizon pales
when she hits the ground
sirens and scaffolds
all coming down
under the weight of heaven
if only devotion
could rise on a word
then you could stumble
never be hurt
you could let go
Breaking your fall
Breaking your fall
The pilots of pleasure
your weatherman
never could push you
far as I can
they just let you fall
while buildings and bridges
just crash and burn
it's only a cloudbank
bursting in turn
they were made to come down
Breaking your fall
Breaking your fall
Fault lines and failures
angels and all
follow her footholds
breaking her fall
it's alchemical
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Chris Whitley performs "Breaking Your Fall", and this lyric page sits inside the Chris Whitley catalog on LyroVerse.
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