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Released 9/15/2025.
Duration: 3:55.

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Tracks that The Fall references:

• Once Upon a Time by Toby Fox

Lyrics:

Though it's hard, my dear, to play your part
With the execution blade in your hand
While a candle of hope lights your heart
No blood will wash the land
For the fear of all you couldn't be
You could never dream of what you'd begun
Though the fall is so lonely
Your love touched everyone

Halt right there
Now where have you been?
You meant to meet the world
Either burn it or save it
The flowers lie in skies that roll forever
And remember
You can't cheat the world
Always returns what you give it

Daggers, staves and beggars
Maths and manners
Baths and banners on the wall
And meadows, masks and shadows
Bask in shallows
Play in the rain
Rise up again and gain
Royal, false or loyal
Pause and try all doors
Turn strangers into friends
And lovers, till flowers unfold the end

Though it's hard, my dear, to play your part
With the execution blade in your hand
While a candle of hope lights your heart
No blood will wash the land
For the fear of all you couldn't be
You could never dream of what you'd begun
Though the fall is so lonely
Your love touched everyone

Through the burning days and darkest nights
Hold your little dagger close in your hand
Let your candle of hope be your light
Your voice grieves the wasteland
Though you fear the things you cannot be
There's a world of love you've yet to see
Though the fall is so lonely
You'll live to tell the story

So take the leap and fall
When you hope and dream
It takes nothing at all
So fall
All it takes to save the world
Is start out small

And it's hard, I know, to play our parts
Throw the execution blade from your hand
While a hope still burns bright in our hearts
No blood will wash the land
For the fear of all you couldn't be
For the story that you've somehow begun
Though the fall is so lonely
Your love saved everyone

For the fear of all you cannot be
You could only dream of what you'll unfurl
Though the fall is so lonely
Your love will change the world

Artist commentary for The Fall:

Circlejourney:

Fan spaces like to theorise on the reason Frisk climbed Mount Ebott. One of the more common headcanons—and the one that shaped this song—is that it was a suicide attempt. While obviously not the only interpretation, this reading compels me because of its deep resonance with not only my own life but also the themes of the game. Beginning from a hopeless space sets Frisk's journey in contrast—as an arduous climb back home, along which they save the Underground by steadfastly choosing mercy and life over vengeance and death.

To be saving others' lives even while struggling to save one's own—I hoped to capture just a sliver of that sentiment here. The song is situated in the moment Frisk falls into the Underground, told like a future vision of everything they are and could become. I wanted to play with different sense of "falling": a regression, an escape from despair, a leap of faith?

Tavvy:

Recently, I've come to adore Frisk as a character. Regardless of their reason for climbing Mt. Ebott, their journey through the Underground is marked by a prevailing sentiment of determination. That powerful determination, whether it's used for nice or not-so-nice reasons... that dichotomy was what I hoped to depict.