Fallen

“Fallen” is the debut single track of Jaden Smith’s debut album release, SYRE.

## Background

The track covers his love for a his now girlfriend, actress Odessa Adlon and their perspectives in life. The track’s music video was released over twitter with the video link on Vimeo by Kid Cudi, who is close friends with Jaden.

The soothing but strange clip opens with the rapper stumbling through an abandoned ghost town of the old west doubled-over in pain. The nearly five-minute visual, co-directed by Miles Cable and Jaden himself, finds the artist splitting his time between busting some sweet moves atop scenic mesas at sunset and violently vomiting up some strange dark liquid. As MTV notes, the puking on display in the music video seems to have cleared up a mysterious tweet dispatched by Smith back in November that left fans scratching their heads at the time.

"Fallen" also features a few easter eggs that fans are no doubt pouring over as they search for the meaning behind the video. The first nod to pop culture can be found in Smith's self-lacing Nikes, first worn by Michael J. Fox in *Back to the Future II*. There's also a homage to fellow entertainer Kid Cudi, with Jaden displaying a vinyl copy of the rapper's 2009 *Man on the Moon: The End of Day*behind him as he dances atop that scenic mesa next to co-star Harry Hudson.

## Lyrics

[Hook 1]

Take me to the truth

Take me home with you

Change my taste in music

(I'm fallen) Make me rise with you

(She likes me) I'm surprised you do

[Verse 1]

Look, your love's like a river, bae, I've seen better days, yeah

And my soul, you penetrate, I need your energy

Vibrations make me levitate, sipping Hennessy

Reading bell hooks, she just sayin'

[Hook 2]

I'm surprised you do (baby)

I won't lie to you (I love you)

I'm your guy who's new

Hide me from the blue

I'm dying on the moon

And I just needed you

[Verse 2]

Baby, you are so unusual like cutting cuticles

But that is just what makes you beautiful

Like watching tulips grow

When you walk, it's just slow motion baby

Why you moving slow?

And when you talk, I got my lasers on you like a UFO

Girl your eyes are like the open sea, the simple poetry

This whole generation, O.M.G, I see your soul, it's older

We should build a city overseas, this country kinda cold

I mean they feed the children dopamine

And leave them on the sofa

I mean, ah, I need someone to renounce with, whoa

Ice bucket challenge in the fountain, whoa

Chance of finding you, one in a hundred thousand, whoa

I just wanna kiss you on the mountain, whoa

[Hook 3]

Spend some time with you

I might bend the rules

Cause I'm in love with you

You can see the truth

I will show you soon

Just meet me on the moon

[Verse 3]

She said, "love is a strong word"

Said, "love is a strong word"

Well I'mma sing it for you baby, I'll be your song bird

If you don't have no loving

How we supposed to move on, word?

Heard a brother just got shot

Because he stopped on the wrong curb

If love is a strong word, love is a strong word

Then we'll need lots of loving if we wanna move on, word

And I'ma sing it to you, baby, I'll be your song bird

But I'ma keep it honest with you

[Hook 4]

I won't lie to you

My pride dies with you

Girl, I love you too

I will see you soon

Your homework is due

[Outro - Album Version]

Syre, do you remember?

What's the difference from the future and the past

Just seen Batman, Lex Luther, drag racing in the Jag-uar

Started floating through the valley

Of the city of the angel scraping cash

Now I'm bleeding on the people

I forget that I still got an open gash

I'm the realest kid you never had baby

I won't lie to you, my pride dies with you

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/KidCudi/status/805547366199664640?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgenius.com%2FJaden-smith-fallen-lyrics