The Fall
Stevie Nader Lyrics

The lyrics to Stevie Nader's song The Fall explore the concept of time and how it affects a relationship, specifically addressing the singer's understanding of the relationship's outcome during the fall. The song begins with the image of life pulling away from the couple, but the singer wants to stop it and begs it to stay. The lines, “saying our cause for the warming sunrays from the hall to the open doorway” connects this struggle to keep warmth and light with the colder tone of the season. The feelings and memories of that moment stuck with the singer, and they constantly recall the same feeling from the fall, where they realize that time is all they have to make them understand the whole truth.

The second stanza continues with the seasonal imagery, this time highlighting the reckoning moment of the winter. The lines "life was still frozen over and glossed, winter kill from the damaging frost of your guilt tied inside you and taught lovers will. offer to you for none" introduce the frost as a metaphor for the singer's partner's guilt that eventually kills their happiness. The guilt that was taught to the partner concerning being open to love may have led them to break up with the singer. The third section of the song finally takes a turn as the singer gains clarity and sees the other person in the relationship fully. They see beyond the broken pieces and are referring to seeing the truth of the person. They realize that the past experiences that have been in their hands all this time have led them to where they are now, a self-realization from the fall season.