This is the title of the first song on the Progress EP by Pedro the Lion. It's a sad song, which will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Pedro the Lion. The album Winners Never Quit covered betrayal, murder, death, suicide, broken dreams, and even politics. But somehow none of these sad, dark things are as sad as this. It's heartbreakingly pretty. Try not to listen to it too often.
You were born in KC, Missouri
To a girl who wasn't married
After your birth she brought you to the nursery
Kissed your head and told you not to worry
and then quietly she turned and slipped away
In the elevator her heart began to pound
to the rooftop in her slippers and her gown
on the edge she took one last look around
then closed her eyes and pushed away
chorus:
Speeding towards the ground
Through the air without a sound
So gracefully
Twelve flights down, nearly naked on the ground
Skin and tragedy always attract a crowd
And so it was when the policeman came around
He took more than fifty eyewitness accounts
Each one in awe
For they'd never seen a girl
So sad
and beautiful
(chorusx2)
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