“The Falls is about how grief can feel like being stuck beneath a waterfall,” Nic says. “How loss can derail you, overtake you, numb you, and sometimes it takes years to pull yourself out of the cycle.”
lyrics
Nic Pool "The Falls"
Lyrics:
I'm sick and tired of being angry at God. I see angels where they don’t belong, slithering head-first down the length of my neighbor’s roof. Petrichor, wild long hair. In the winter light, every waterfall was you. In other words, the sound never stops. Longing claws around in me, blue-tipped, with a face like an artificial flower. It’s cold as hell but I’ll tell it to you straight. I would’ve loved you in the fold, in the falls, I would’ve loved you.**
Had a couple drinks
I'm ready for the road
But you pull me back, pull me back oh no
Your hands are growing cold, your fingers to the bone
And I hold your heart, hold your heart to grow
You, how
You, how
It's you and the falls
You and the falls
You and the falls
You and the falls
You, you, you, you
Tucson Arizona I'm hoping you'll be there
Where the lights are golden, nobody's scared
Folded up the boxes, hit the road
In your busted Toyota, your little girl
You, how
It's you and the falls
You and the falls
You and the falls
You and the falls
You, you, you, you
Sky's a fallen indigo swirl
It's the end of the world, end of the world
Hoped you'd always be my girl
But baby you, baby you're a wasteland
Got a pretty face, but one day you'll be old
And baby, I woulda loved you
You, how
You, how
It's you and the falls
You and the falls
You and the falls
You and the falls
You, you, you, you
credits
released June 15, 2018
Written by Nic Pool
Produced by Elliot Jacobson (Vérité, Allie X, Jackal)
Mastered by Mike Tuccillo
Spoken word intro by poet Catherine Pond
Arizona newcomer Nic Pool first debuted in 2018 with “The Falls,” which The Line Of Best called a "devout offering," and
“Rockets,” which FLAUNT called an "escape into intergalactic nostalgia." The tracks also earned support from Billboard, i-D, EARMILK, Popdust, and more. Nic will release his self-titled debut EP, Nic Pool, in August....more
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