A moving ballad with a simple swing beat about a lost friend.

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“World Coming Down”

He’s a young man with a young heart
And a penchant for being wild.
He’s a bright boy with a halo,
But he blackens it once in a while.

I think about the times we had words
And I think about the times we had more.
And I think about the days we spent
On our knees knock, knocking on Heaven’s door.

Well, I never knew fear, thought I never would,
No, I never knew those feelings before
When he told me that we were just life’s disease
And he told me that the world was a whore.

And I thank you for the memories,
But I can’t believe you let the world down on me.
And I thank you for the fantasies,
And I thank you for the sun pouring down on me.
Wo oh oh.

He was a good boy with a wicked way
And he led me to the end of beguiled.
I was a bad boy with a foolish heart
And a penchant for making him smile.

Well, he preached to me about life and liberty.
But I liked it better when his mouth wasn’t preaching to me.
So, I grabbed him by the arms and said, “let me be.”
Then he showed me what it felt like being free.

And I thank you for the nightfall.
Would’ve thanked you then but I was busy having a ball.
And I hate you for leaving me.
And I hate you for the world coming down on me.
Wo oh oh.

All those foolish games that we played for a while
Had me somehow believing that I’d stay a child.
Just to see you again I’d turn back the hands.
Cause I understand nothing now that I’m a man.
Wo oh oh oh.


He’s a cool star and a bright breeze
And I think I feel him over me.
Had those callow eyes met this heart of mine,
Oh, I wonder baby where we’d be.

And I thank you for my yesterday,
And I thank you for the pain you brought down my way.
And I thank you for your gift to me.
And I thank you for this life that you named a disease.

And I thank you for the memories,
But I can’t believe you let the world down on me.
And I thank you for the fantasies,
And I thank you for the sun pouring down on me.

And I thank you for the nightfall.
Would’ve thanked you then but I was busy having a ball.
And I thank you for loving me.
And I thank you for the world coming down on me.
Wo oh oh.

I thank you, baby.
Thank you, boy.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

-Saturn