A Smashing Indictment Of Character

[Intro]
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall

[Chorus]
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall

[Verse 1]
There was a clang in them when they first looked on me
And said the word "disgrace"
If I could have spoke, I would have give what for
But I ain't the giving type
Doctors came in herds, touch-feathered my spine's curve
Said the word "absurd"
They stood on my blindside, brutal with their words
Told them I should be thinned

[Chorus]
Yeah, what they gonna do if I don't fall?
What they gonna do if I don't fall?
What they gonna do if I don't fall?
What they gonna do if I do not -
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?

[Verse 2]
When they brought me home, they laid me in my trunk
And had a grieving contest
The neighbors came to see, the door was closed too hard
Before they even could knock
I kept the town awake - behind my fits and quakes
I heard the word "mistake"
They said "Run away," but gravity is cruel
We know I'm some kind of useless

[Chorus]
Oh, what they gonna do if I don't fall?
What they gonna do if I don't fall?
What they gonna do if I don't fall?
What they gonna do if I do not -
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?
If I do not fall? If I do not fall?

[Bridge]
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall
If I don't fall

[Verse 3]
When I came of age, I once again tried to speak
But they all just guffawed
And when I came of age, I once again tried to run
They kept up their guffaws
Vengeance ain't yours or mine when one ain't got a spine
So stop wasting my time
So in remembrance of me, put death in its place
Make good use of your temper

[Chorus]
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall
If I do not fall, if I do not fall