Song Description

Emotional country ballad about a relationship crumbling despite every effort to hold it together. The landslide metaphor captures the inevitability of loss and the progression from 'we' fighting together to 'I' facing it alone.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
We built our walls - we stood our ground.
Thought that would keep us safe - somehow.
When the weight rolled in - we felt it break
That love we thought was ours - the one we fought to save.

[Pre-Chorus]
After sizin' up the pieces,
Try'n to make 'em fit,
When the earth beneath gave way
We couldn't get out of it.

[Chorus]
We couldn't fight the landslide, it's pulling us apart.
Standin' here holdin' our ground is breaking my heart.
Every memory is tumblin', and there's no place to hide.
That's the lesson of life, you can't fight the landslide.

[Verse 2]
The roads we walked together - all washed away.
The sun went dark - blue skies turned to grey.
I reached for you, but you had fallen too far.
Now the ground has shifted - all I've got to show is scars.

[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to hold on, tried to make it last.
But when things changed, they changed too fast.

[Chorus]
I can't fight the landslide, it's pulling me apart.
Standin' here holdin' my ground is breaking my heart.
Every memory is tumblin', and there's no place to hide.
That's the lesson of life, you can't fight the landslide.

[Bridge]
Maybe someday the sun will rise
While I clear dust out of my eyes.
But today I'm falling, out of control
Now that the landslide took my soul.

[Chorus (Final)]
I can't fight the landslide, it's pulling me apart.
Tried standin' my ground now it's breaking my heart.
Every memory is tumblin', and there's no place to hide.
That's the lesson of life, you can't fight the landslide.

[Outro]
I'm just rolling and falling through the landslide.