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Released 10/10/2025.
Duration: 3:55.

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Also released on Kindred Soulsabout 25 days earlier.

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 see the tale you'd begun
Though the fall was so lonely
Your love touched everyone

Halt right there
Now where have you been?
You were 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 see the tale you'd begun
Though the fall was 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 was 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
You'll rise to change the world

Artist commentary for The Fall:

Circlejourney ✑ booklet commentary

Undertale, am I right? I wrote this song for a 10th anniversary Undertale + Deltarune album. I won’t repeat the full commentary here, but it’s inspired by the interpretation of the Undertale intro where Frisk is on Mount Ebott for a suicide attempt.

I guess it is somewhat my style to take a dour, even ~edgy~ theme and turn it into an upbeat, optimistic song. I relate to that version of Frisk standing at the top of the mountain wondering if it would be better to end it all, who went on to save everyone else in the process.

Glad I could finally pay tribute to a game that has changed many lives. It was cathartic to lyrically portray the notion that you mean the world to far more people than you could possibly imagine.

Referencing sources for The Fall: Referencing sources for The Fall…

Circlejourney ✑ Bandcamp credits blurb

References: Toby Fox - Once Upon a Time