I’ve Got Some Falling to Do

I’ve Got Some Falling to Do
Song
Artist	Lemon Demon
Written by	Neil Cicierega
Appears on	Hip to the Javabean
Sung by	Neil Cicierega
Duration	3:26
Tempo	155
Genre	Rock
Language	English
Links:	Needlejuice Remaster Original lemon demon website download Instrumental Backing 2012 Backing Lemonic Demonade 2006

I’ve Got Some Falling to Do is the fourteenth track on Hip to the Javabean. This is the first of Lemon Demon’s songs to be played on the Dr. Demento show, after a fan referred the Doctor to Andrew Kepple’s Flash music video of the song.

Lyrics

 In an airplane, I was flying
 Just a flight attendant guy
 I can be clumsy, and I stumbled
 Out the door into the sky
 Now I am falling through the air
 Wind and regret flow through my hair
 All I can do right now is stare down at the ocean
 
 Suddenly, there’s a ring in my cell phone. I pick it up
 It's the Angel of Death, and he says 'Wazzup?'
 I say, 'What is it this time?'
 And he's like, 'Well, hello, goodbye, I'll see you in hell.'
 He can be like that sometimes, he's such a nut
 So I snicker and say, 'I'd love to, but
 Gravity's calling, I've got some falling to do.'
 
 I'm in a state of shock, but it's something new
 I guess it all depends on your point of view. It's true
 
 This is boring. Yes I'm falling
 But it's taking quite a while
 My destination is impending
 Might as well go out in style
 I put my arms out to the skies
 Whistle a tune and close my eyes
 Trying to briefly realize perpetual motion
 
 Suddenly, giant tentacles rise from the open sea
 And with total precision they lasso me
 It's a monstrous squid and he saved my life
 But I am too freaked out to be nice
 So I tell him the truth, that I'd rather fall
 No offense but at least it's predictable
 Gotta stop stalling, I've got some falling to do
 
 I'm probably gonna die, but it's something new
 I guess it all depends on your point of view. It's true

Trivia

• There was an earlier version of this song released in which there is no sped up (but slowing down, like a record being turned off) guitar before the main song begins.
• The guitar solo at the end of the song, when played backwards, sounds like the solo when played forwards. It is a sonic palindrome.
• The video’s protagonist, Guy Falling, is later featured in the videos for Fiberglass Monkey and Bad Idea.
• When this song is played live, it is always one of the last songs. Its position on Hip to the Javabean reflects this.