Mitch Malloy is an award winning songwriter. His song "Love Made A Liar Out… Read Full Bio ↴Mitch Malloy is an award winning songwriter. His song "Love Made A Liar Out Of Me" won the International Songwriting Competition finishing first out of 85,000 songs.
Mitch Malloy grew up in the small town of Dickinson, North Dakota, the youngest of six children. Mitch's gift was discovered at the age of six, when a first grade teacher noticed that his voice stood apart from the rest of the class. He was assigned the lead solo in every school music concert thereafter. He sang in school and in church from then on.

After years of searching in the big city, he hooked up with a well-known manager, and now RCA Records President, Richard Sanders. Sanders took him on as an artist and Mitch eventually secured a deal with RCA/BMG. Mitch recorded his first record entitled simply Mitch Malloy. The record sold over 100,000 units, generated two top 20 singles, landed Mitch a spot on "The Tonight Show" and produced a video with the hit "Anything at All." The second record from RCA was Ceilings & Walls. Mitch sang a duet on the record with Paul Carrack (Squeeze, Mike and the Mechanics), and Mike Rutherford (Genesis, Mike and the Mechanics), played some guitar. He also teamed up with songwriters Dennis Morgan, Mike Reid and Mac McAnally. Ceilings & Walls also had the top 20 hit, "Tumbling Down".

Tumbling Down
Mitch Malloy Lyrics

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I don't wanna talk about it
It hurts like hell, baby
Just being close to you
is too much to bear
You don't know what it's like
So keep your distance, baby
Even to talk to you is, oh
so hard to do

When the world comes tumbling down
An' my heart is left on ground
When I start to cry
who will wipe the water from my eyes?
ooh, babe
When the world comes tumbling down
An' your love is nowhere to be found
With or without you, baby
The world comes tumbling down
ooooh, yeah
So baby, tell me
How long was it on your mind?
Did you think it was over
a little while ago?
(nobody like I understand)
In my reply to what they say
Is I don't wanna be your friend
I wanna be your lover baby
Oh, right till the end
When the world comes tumbling down
An' my heart is left on ground
when I start to cry
who will wipe the water from my eyes?
When the world comes tumbling down
An' your love is nowhere to be found

With or without you baby
The world comes tumbling down

Overall Meaning

The song Tumbling Down by Mitch Malloy is a heart-wrenching ballad about a man who is struggling to move on from a painful breakup. The song opens with the singer indicating that he doesn't want to talk about the situation with his former lover because it hurts too much. Being close to her is unbearable, and even talking to her is difficult for him. He tells her to keep her distance because she doesn't know what it's like. The chorus talks about what will happen to the singer when the world comes tumbling down and his heart is left on the ground. He wonders who will wipe the tears from his eyes. The song then shifts to a dialogue between the two partners. The singer asks the woman how long she had been thinking of breaking up with him, and he doesn't want to be her friend but wants to be her lover till the end.

Overall, the song conveys the message of intense heartbreak and a struggling individual who has not yet moved on. The repeated use of the phrase "when the world comes tumbling down" shows the extreme emotional turmoil that the singer is going through. The song's use of powerful lyrics and an emotional melody represents the intensity of the struggles faced by those trying to move on after a painful breakup.

Line by Line Meaning

I don't wanna talk about it
I am not ready to discuss what's troubling me

It hurts like hell, baby
The pain I am experiencing is unbearable

Just being close to you
Merely being near you is too difficult

is too much to bear
It's unbearable for me

You don't know what it's like
You can't possibly understand my pain

So keep your distance, baby
Please stay away from me

Even to talk to you is, oh
Even having a conversation with you is extremely difficult

so hard to do
It's a challenging task for me

When the world comes tumbling down
When everything seems to be falling apart

An' my heart is left on ground
And my heart is shattered

When I start to cry
When I begin to weep