Falling Skies

Cover art for the single

"**Falling Skies**" featuring Charlotte Lawrence, released 18 May 2018, is the fourth song on the *13 Reasons Why (Season 2 Soundtrack)*. It's also the second single to be included on the *13 Reasons Why Soundtrack*, following *"Tin Pan Boy"*.

## Background

On 10 May 2018, YUNGBLUD revealed through social media that his two singles *"Tin Pan Boy"* and *"Falling Skies"* were going to be on the second season's soundtrack for *13 Reasons Why*. Charlotte also tweeted about it.

In the song Charlotte and YUNGBLUD sing about being in a world that’s about to be extinct due to external factors and wanting to be by each other’s side when it happens so they can die together. The official video features an apocalyptic world and the visualiser features Charlotte and YUNGBLUD sat on a couch with special effects in the background depicting their world being slowly destroyed behind them; just before the video ends the background blows up and slowly comes for them, we see dust and smoke as they disappear.

## Lyrics

[Chorus: Charlotte Lawrence]

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go

[Verse 1: YUNGBLUD]

I don't want to die but I don't want to cry lightnin'

I don't want to put a needle in my eye just to feel things

I don't wanna be a product liability but I don't want to fight

I have never seen the person you are perceiving

But I don't wanna be alone when I stop breathing

We are in the middle, an apocalyptic disaster

So, tell me, what does it matter? Tell me, what does it matter?

They're gonna roll the world up and smoke it all

With all the people sitting in a pack of Marlboro gold

Yeah, no-one knows we're comatose

Right now you are my only hope

Fuck the hype, the life, the world we know

It's only you and me, all the doors are closed

So, hold me close, don't let me go

Let's smoke a cigarette before the world explodes

[Chorus: Charlotte Lawrence with YUNGBLUD]

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go

[Verse 2: YUNGBLUD]

Dying by your side, what a heavenly way to die

Guess that guy's line was right bet he never thought it'd see real life

We are in the middle of a fucked up crazy design

So stand by my side, yeah, stand by my side

They're gonna roll the world up and smoke till late

Like the planet is a gram of the Mary Jane

Don't commemorate, just space you wait

While they're hittin' the red button like it's a video game

It's inevitable, we know it

That they're about to go blow it

Yeah, there's no way to control it

So, we might as well be holding each other

[Chorus: Charlotte Lawrence with YUNGBLUD]

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go (Don't let me go)

[Bridge: Charlotte Lawrence & YUNGBLUD]

Don't let me go-go-go-go-go-go

Don't let me go-go-go-go (Go-go-go-go-go)

Don't let me go-go-go-go-go-go (Go-go-go-go-go)

Don't let me go-go-go-go (Go-go-go-go-go)

[Chorus: Charlotte Lawrence & YUNGBLUD]

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go, don't let me go (Don't let me go)

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go-go-go-go-go-go

Don't let me go, don't let me go

Don't let me go-go-go-go-go-go

Even though the sky is falling down

Don't let me go-go-go-go-go-go

Don't let me go, don't let me go

Don't let me go-go-go-go-go-go

Don't let me go

## Trivia

* A few fans of his have criticised him being on the soundtrack of a controversial Netflix show. However in an NME interview, he defended the show being controversial, stating *"There’s so much controversy around this show because people think it’s glamorising anxiety. I do not. It’s doing what good art should do: it’s highlighting a subject that people wouldn’t normally talk about."*, *"People say that it’s triggering and uncomfortable. I suffer from anxiety and depression, and I have a lot of my life. Do you know what’s more uncomfortable than that? Someone not understanding what you’re going through."*
* This song is on the soundtrack, however it does not play in the show.

## Gallery

* Promotional
* Videos

YUNGBLUD - Falling Skies ft. Charlotte LawrenceFalling Skies (13 Reasons Why Soundtrack Version Visualizer Audio)

## Buy/Stream

* YouTube
* Spotify
* Apple Music
* Tidal
* Deezer
* SoundCloud

## References

1. ↑ YUNGBLUD on Twitter: "so this is happenin ... “Tin Pan Boy” and “Falling Skies” ft. @charlottelawr are gonna be on the new @13ReasonsWhy soundtrack 😱 this show is so fucking important and I’m so excited to have my music on it! pre order starts tomorrow 9am 🖤🤪smarturl.it/13ReasonsSound…" (10 May 2018)
2. ↑ Charlotte Lawrence on Twitter: "go listen to the song I did with bb boy @yungblud ⭐️it’s out everywhere on the @13ReasonsWhy soundtrack!♥️♥️♥️lovelovelove" (20 May 2018)
3. ↑ YouTube — "Falling Skies (13 Reasons Why Soundtrack Version/Visualizer/Audio)" (27 May 2018)
4. ↑ YouTube — "YUNGBLUD - Falling Skies ft. Charlotte Lawrence" (14 August 2018)
5. ↑  NME — "Yungblud: “I suffer from anxiety and depression, and ’13 Reasons Why’ highlights a difficult subject”" (29 July 2019)