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Falling Back by Drake

TRACK

Drake

Falling Back

Release date: 16th June 2022

From Honestly, NevermindTrack 24:26
Dance

About This Track

Drake sings and raps over dance-based production on 'Falling Back', a track built around the push and pull of a relationship where effort feels unequal. The song finds him caught between self-protection and exposure, holding back whilst simultaneously on display. Produced by &ME, Rampa, Alex Lustig and Beau Nox, it moves with the kind of propulsive momentum that defines the album's sound. The emotional core turns on a single accusation: that his partner claims to understand him whilst offering nothing in return. Drake repeats the refrain "how can you say you know what I'm feeling?" with mounting frustration, the production tightening around his voice. Time, he suggests, is not healing but revealing; the relationship is fading, and he knows it. The final lines shift the dynamic entirely, asking what his partner would do without him, suggesting a dependency that complicates the whole preceding argument.

"Falling Back" is a track by Drake, from the album Honestly, Nevermind, released 16th June 2022. The track is 4:26 long. It's filed under Dance. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Drake.

About the Artist

Drake

Drake

Lyrics

Falling Back

Ayy, yo
Ayy, ayy
Oh

Finding myself, showing myself
Finding a way to stay outta the way
Holding me back, supposed to come right back
Guardin' myself while I'm all on display

I know you know all about it
I know, deep down, you feel the same
I know you know how I feel
I know you know how I feel

How do I, how do I feel? How do I feel?
How do you say to my face, "Time heals"?
Then go and leave me again, unreal
I see us fadin' away
I'm still holdin' my breath for the day that you will
See that the effort I make is too real
How can you say that you know I feel?

Ayy (whee)
How can you say you know what I'm feeling?
Know what I'm feeling, you don't feel nothing
Nothing is healing, time is just killing
How can you say you know what I'm feeling?
Know what I'm feeling, but you don't feel nothing
Time isn't healing, time is revealing
How are you feeling? You don't feel nothing

Just like I expected, falling back on me
Falling with I, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me

Falling back on me, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me
Falling back on me, falling back on me
What would you do without me?
What would you do without me?
I think you would lose everything
Fallin' back on me

(Wherever you are, you don't test-)

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Track details

From Honestly, Nevermind

4:262022
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Honestly, Nevermind
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17th June 2022
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    &ME (DEU), Alex Lustig, Beau Nox, Drake, Rampa
    Lyricist
    Alex Lustig, André Boadu, Aubrey Graham, Christian Beau Anastasiou Astrop, Gregor Sütterlin
    Composer
    Alex Lustig, André Boadu, Aubrey Graham, Christian Beau Anastasiou Astrop, Gregor Sütterlin
    Producer
    &ME (DEU), Alex Lustig, Beau Nox, Rampa
    Producer
    &Me, Alex Lustig, Beau Nox, Rampa
    Engineer
    Noel Cadastre
    Additional Production
    Alex Lustig, Beau Nox
    Artwork
    Ben Dorado
    Mixing Engineer
    40, Luca Pretolesi, Noah Shebib
    Recording Engineer
    Noel Cadastre
    Video Assistant Director
    Ariel Hughes, Connor Johnson, Darrell Faria, Ivan Ossa, Lana Maclin, Matt Moreland
    Video Assistant Editor
    Hanna Stone, Julie Axell, Paula Hicks
    Video Assistant Makeup Artist
    Kao Nguyen, Lateisha Grant, Matthew King (Makeup Artist), Priya Kumari, Tenzin Palkyi
    Video Assistant Wardrobe Stylist
    Alexandros Nabarak, Tara Ocansey, Zannub Houssein
    Video Associate Producer
    Emile Celine Geneve, Mikayla Fasullo
    Video Camera Crew
    Alex Moscall, Paul Cameron
    Video Camera Operator
    Jeezy
    Video Choreographer
    Tanisha Scott
    Video Colorist
    Company 3, Dave Hussey
    Video Director
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    Video Director Of Photography
    Brendon Kuroki Uegama
    Video Driver
    Ryan Harris
    Video Editor
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    Video Electrician
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    Video Executive Producer
    Fuliane Petikyan, Taj Critchlow
    Video Focus Puller
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    Video Graphic Designer
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    Video Grip
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    Video Hair Stylist
    D’Andra Morris, Debbie Sioutis, Glammy Lee, Jorge Joao, Manny Dimi, Sharon Mudavanhu, Stephanie Pereia, Summer O’Grady
    Video Key Grip
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    Video Makeup Artist
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    Video Nail Technician
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    Video Producer
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    Video Production Assistant
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