Story Behind The Song

I wrote this song right after Obama was elected for the first term. I was thinking, no matter how bad our leaders get, they all fall eventually.

Lyrics

Tumblin' Down c.2008 May Tree Arc Productions
Composed, Produced and Performed by SOL aka Jere Faison

Every single one
Tumblin' Down

Empire's spread out far and
wide
Across the seven seas
To blaze a trail of genocide
Pillage and
disease

And they all come Tumblin' Down
To the dust, back to the
ground

Shining towers built by men
To scrape the azure skies
But there's
no handmade monument
Can ever reach that high
Given time and gravity
Just
listen for the sound

When they all come Tumblin' Down
To the dust, back to
the ground
And oh, they'll make a sound
When they all come Tumblin'
Down

Everything's impermanent
When the money's gone
And the body's
spent
The only thing left will be you and eternity

Even little
Napoleons
Who seek to rule it all
Will tumble when they see the end
Their
mighty empire's fall
Every tyrant has their day
And oh, what comes
around

When they all come Tumblin' Down
To the dust, back to the
ground
And oh, what comes around
When they all come Tumblin' Down