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Downfall Lyrics by Matt Costa

Unfamiliar Faces

2008

[Intro]
If I wait long enough someone might come out
If I tried I could be somebody else

[Chorus]
So I follow false prophets walking down my street
To keep, keep me busy so soundly I sleep
But it's all in the downfall of me, all in the downfall

[Verse 1]
Don't bury my feet so I can't run
I'll be your martyr in bells
Well I've walked in your steps and held my breath
Until your words reached the air

[Chorus]
Then I lied with the poets face first in the street
When the world cast it's shadow I became it's sheep
But it's all in the downfall of me, all in the downfall

[Verse 2]
So I follow false prophets walking down my street
To keep, keep me busy so soundly I sleep
I lied with the poets face first in the street
When the world cast it's shadow I became it's sheep

[Outro]
But it's all been the downfall, it's all been the downfall
It's all been the downfall of me
All in the downfall
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About “Downfall” by Matt Costa

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"Downfall" appears on "Unfamiliar Faces" in 2008.

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