Song Category
Unreleased
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15 Performances
Lyrics
Can't believe she fell
The silence was unnerving
The crowd began to yell
Was their thought of her returning
So you never knew him well
But you know what you've been seeing
These images of guilt
And the concrete in her hair
So far
Well these lions still need taming
It's very bad, it's very bad
No, no
She fell very hard very far
No, no
And for this cannonball
Cannonball
As desperate as you felt
Were you strong enough to leave him
Oh you need to know him well
He's an angry acrobat
So you struggle with the will
With the will that you've been seeing
These images of guilt
And the concrete in her hair
Fall girl
And the ambulance is waiting
It's very sad, it's very sad
No, no
And she fell very hard, very far
No, oh no
For this cannonball
Cannonball
No, no
And she fell very hard, very far
Yeah
And he walked away from
And he walked away from
And he walked away from
And he walked away from
And he walked away from
Can't believe she fell
Well it happened in a turning
You struggle with the will
But the thought that this
The thought that this
So far
Well these lions still need taming
It's very bad, it's very bad
Bad
No, no
And she fell very hard, very far
No, no
And for this cannonball
Cannonball
No, oh no
She fell very hard, very far
No, no
For this cannonball
Cannonball
Discography
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0 Albums / 0 Promos / 0 Singles
Live Performance History
Song Notes
Raine Maida, Transparent Humans Radio Hour, 13 Feb. 1997:
It'll get out there one day. It'll be like a b-side or something. It just didn't seem to fit with the other 11 songs, it seemed to be kinda like the sore thumb. I mean it's something we still like, it's just a matter of finding the right situation for it.
Raine Maida, Circus Magazine, Apr. 1998:
It wasn't by design, that was kind of strange. Some of the first lyrics I wrote were for Trapeze, a song which never made the record, but we play it live. These initial ideas kind of set the tone, because I really told a story. Trapeze is about the head trapeze artist at a Russian circus who was married to one of the female performers. The couple got a divorce because he found out she was having an affair with someone else in the camp. That kind of set the tone for the record, which I think is based on making decisions. Not split second decisions, but when you get caught off guard and you have to make a choice. It's about what people choose to do in those times.