On the Way Down
Ryan Cabrera * Track #2 On Take It All Away
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Exit to ExitRyan Cabrera
- #540 Kinds of Sadness
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- #6Echo Park
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- #7Take It All Away
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- #8Shame on Me
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- #9She’s
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- #10Illusions
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- #11Blind Sight
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- #12On the Way Down (Acoustic Version)
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- #13I Know What It Feels Like
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- #14Sólo Me Faltas Tú (True)
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On the Way Down by Ryan Cabrera
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Ryan CabreraProduced by
John Rzeznik & Curtis FrascaAbout
“On the Way Down” is the debut single by Ryan Cabrera, released from his 2004 studio album, Take It All Away. The song peaked #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 5, 2004.
The official music video features Ashlee Simpson, his then girlfriend at the time, playing Cabrera’s love interest.
On the Way Down Lyrics
[Verse]
Sick and tired of this world
There's no more air
Tripping over myself
Going nowhere
Waiting, suffocating, no direction
I took a dive and...
[Chorus]
On the way down
I saw you, and you saved me from myself
And I won't forget the way you loved me
And on the way down
I almost fell right through
But I held on to you
[Verse]
Been wondering why it's only me
Have you always been inside waiting to breathe
It's alright, sunlight on my face
I wake up and yet, I'm alive
'Cause...
[Chorus]
On the way down
I saw you, and you saved me from myself
And I won't forget the way you loved me
And on the way down
I almost fell right through
But I held on to you
[Bridge]
I was so afraid of going under
But now, the weight of the world
Feels like nothing
No nothing (down, down, down)
You're all I wanted (down, down, down)
You're all I needed (down, down, down)
You're all I wanted
You're all I needed
And I won't forget the way you loved me
All that I wanted, all that I needed now
[Chorus]
Oh, on the way down
I saw you, and you saved me from myself
And I won't forget the way you loved me
And on the way down
I almost fell right through
But I held on to you (down, down, down)
But I held on to you (down, down, down)
But I held on to you
On the Way Down Q&A
Who wrote On the Way Down's ?
On the Way Down was written by Ryan Cabrera & Sabelle Breer & Curtis Frasca.
Who produced On the Way Down's ?
On the Way Down was produced by John Rzeznik & Curtis Frasca.
When did Ryan Cabrera release On the Way Down?
Ryan Cabrera released On the Way Down on Sat Jun 12 2004.
What did Ryan Cabrera say about "On the Way Down"?
I wrote that about two years ago in New York. It was the first song I wrote for the album. Last night, I played and it became this whole different thing. Twenty people ended up on stage. I had this girl playing my guitar. It was a lot of fun.
–via NewsTimes (2005)
What have the artists said about the song on the music charts?
Cabrera on the song and its slow rise at the beginning:
When you’re new in the business, you expect things to happen quickly. It debuted at like 198 and then the next week it was at 197, then 195, so I decided I was just going to play as many shows as possible. Any show I could get — Mexican restau...
What have the artists said about the music video?
We rented out the spot where I’d played millions of times for nobody — literally just the bartenders clapping. I paid my respects and we filmed the live scenes in there and I got my buddies to be the backup band. At the time, Ashlee [Simpson] and I were really good friends and living in the same hou...