… Read Full Bio ↴Rebekka Bakken is a Norwegian singer, now based in Vienna, Austria.
Her first solo album, The Art of How to Fall (2003) mixes styles, including pop, folk, jazz, and R&B.
Discography:
Daily Mirror (2001, with Wolfgang Muthspiel)
Beloved (2002, with Wolfgang Muthspiel)
Scattering Poems (2003, with Julia Hülsmann)
The Art Of How To Fall (2003)
Is That You? (2005)
I Keep My Cool (2006)
Morning Hours (2009)
September (2011)
Little Drop of Poison (2014)
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The Art Of How To Fall
Rebekka Bakken Lyrics
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and then again today
and the day before yesterday
and all the days before
I fall in love with everyone
and every time I fall
I fall in every way there is
with every little kiss
But today I fell in love again
like I never did before
deeper than I ever did
could not have fallen more
Who it was I fell for
I really can't recall
I simply want to truly know
the art of how to fall
I am falling
again and again
I am falling
The sweetness of a Hershey kiss
is nothing to a fall
to lose is everything there is
to have another ball
It's nothing less than heavens bliss
to know a moment's time
that all there is to know is
in the art of how to fall
I am falling again
and again I am falling
The song "The Art Of How To Fall" by Rebekka Bakken is a beautiful ballad about falling in love. The song starts with the lyrics "Yesterday I fell in love and then again today and the day before yesterday and all the days before," which shows the singer's tendency to continuously fall in love. With every person that she falls in love with, she falls in every way there is, with every little kiss.
However, today, the singer falls in love again. This time, it is a deeper love than she has ever felt before. She can't recall who it was that she fell for, but she knows that she wants to truly know the art of how to fall. The repetition of "I am falling again and again I am falling" creates a sense of surrender to the feeling of falling in love.
The second verse mentions the sweetness of a Hershey kiss being nothing in comparison to falling in love. Losing everything just to have another ball is a small price to pay for the feeling of falling in love, which is nothing less than heaven's bliss. The singer wants to master the art of falling to experience this feeling over and over again.
Overall, "The Art Of How To Fall" is a song that beautifully captures the feeling of falling in love and wanting to experience it over and over again.
Line by Line Meaning
Yesterday I fell in love
I experienced falling in love yesterday
and then again today
I experienced it again today
and the day before yesterday
I also experienced it the day before yesterday
and all the days before
I've been falling in love every day before today
I fall in love with everyone
I have the capacity to fall in love with anyone
and every time I fall
Whenever I do fall in love
I fall in every way there is
I fall in every possible way
with every little kiss
Even with something as small as a kiss
But today I fell in love again
Today, I fell in love once more
like I never did before
More deeply than I ever have
deeper than I ever did
In the deepest way possible
could not have fallen more
It couldn't have been more intense
Who it was I fell for
I can't remember who I fell in love with
I really can't recall
I can't remember at all
I simply want to truly know
I just want to understand
the art of how to fall
What it is about falling in love that I am experiencing.
I am falling
I am currently experiencing falling in love
again and again
Repetitively
The sweetness of a Hershey kiss
The pleasurable sensation of eating a Hershey's kiss chocolate
is nothing to a fall
Compared to falling in love, it's insignificant
to lose is everything there is
In the context of love, losing it means losing everything
to have another ball
To have another chance
It's nothing less than heavens bliss
Falling in love is an exquisite feeling
to know a moment's time
To experience even just a moment of it
that all there is to know is
That the essence of it is
in the art of how to fall
In the experience of falling in love
Contributed by Camilla C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.