[Verse 1] We did not hear the door close We did not see the sign We only felt the room grow small One inch at a time The light stayed on above us The clock still crossed the wall But something underneath the floor Was teaching us to fall [Verse 2] You laughed a little sharper I spoke a little less We carried all our hunger Like a secret in the chest The days got thin and nervous The nights would not sit still And every road we tried to leave Bent back against our will [Chorus] Down on the fall road Where the good dust turns to rust Down on the fall road Where the mouth forgets to trust Two men walking side by side But drifting out of frame Down on the fall road Where the need don’t use its name [Verse 3] There was a sound inside the room Like wires in the rain There was a mercy we kept missing There was trouble we called pain I could see you disappearing Still standing next to me Like a man behind a window Where the glass won’t let him breathe [Verse 4] Patience is a river Till the riverbed runs dry Then every little word becomes A match struck near the sky I did not want to leave you I did not want to stay But love can turn to standing guard At a burning doorway [Chorus] Down on the fall road Where the good dust turns to rust Down on the fall road Where the mouth forgets to trust Two men walking side by side But drifting out of frame Down on the fall road Where the need don’t use its name [Bridge] There was still a friend in there I know it, Nick, I do There was still the man I knew Still trying to get through But the room kept getting louder And the world kept getting small And some roads do not break a man They teach him how to fall [Verse 5] I had my hands in it too I won’t polish up the truth I was tired, I was angry I was burning through my youth But I remember walking Before the dark got wide Two shadows in the morning With the same sun on our side [Final Chorus] Down on the fall road Where the good dust turns to rust Down on the fall road Where love outlives trust Two men walking side by side Till the weather changed its name Down on the fall road Where the need became the flame [Outro] We were not gone yet But gone had found the door We were still breathing But not like before Down on the fall road I can still hear the sound Of two friends holding on While the road gave way beneath the ground
