According to lyricist Sam Herring:
This is a song about the beauty of Spring, the open arms of Fall and the Winter that is about to come and bury us all.
Written weeks after the band finished the 2010 album “In Evening Air”, it was also produced by Chester Enderby Gwazda, featuring vocals by Katri...
[Verse 1]
I feel safe, I feel whole
Knowing that it wasn't your fault or mine
I've felt the change
In the colors in leaves
The color of dreams
Time passing in sleep
[Refrain]
Fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my best friend
Fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my
[Chorus]
And the spring will leave this room
And the flowers trapped inside
And the rain will stop and the lattice flood under the weight of budding eyes
And the king will hear the call from the silence of his crown
And free us from these casualties his majesty allows
And the spring will leave this room for now
And the spring will leave this room, hands down
And the spring will leave this room for now
And the spring will leave this room for now
[Verse 2]
I feel safe and I feel whole
Knowing that it wasn't your fault
It wasn't your fault
[Refrain]
Fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my best friend
Fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my
[Chorus]
And the spring will leave this room
And the bodies trapped inside
And the rain will stop and the lattice break under the weight of budding eyes
And the queen will hear the call from the silence of her crown
And free us from these tragedies her majesty allows
And the spring will leave this room for now
And the spring will leave this room, arms out
And the spring will leave this room for now
And the spring will leave this room for now
[Outro]
Fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my best friend
Fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my best friend
Fall, fall, fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my best friend
Fall, fall, fall, fall
You were my best friend
You were my best friend
In the Fall was written by Samuel T. Herring & William Cashion & Gerrit Welmers.
In the Fall was produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda.
Future Islands released In the Fall on Tue Apr 06 2010.