According to Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, "Fall" was inspired by "the weepy romance" A Walk to Remember. Further saying, "Bieber tries to extract sorrow from the rumbling percussion, falling to his knees as layered vocals increase the melodrama".
Lyrics of Fall
Well, let me tell you a story
About a girl and a boy
He fell in love with his best friend
When she's around, he feels nothing but joy
But she was already broken
And it made her blind
But she could never believe that love would ever treat her right
But did you know that I loved you?
Or were you not aware?
You're the smile on my face
And I ain't goin' nowhere
I'm here to make you happy
I'm here to see you smile
I've been wanting to tell you this for a long while
Who's gonna make you fall in love?
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all
Oh, my love
But you can't fly unless you let your
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
Well, I can tell you're afraid of
What this might do
'Cause we got such an amazing friendship
And that you don't wanna lose
Well, I don't wanna lose it either
And I don't think I can stand sitting around
While you're hurting babe, so take my hand
Well, did you know you're an angel
Who forgot how to fly?
Did you know that it breaks my heart
Every time I see you cry?
'Cause I know that a piece of you's gone
Every time you're done wrong
I'm the shoulder you're crying on
And I hope, by the time that I'm done
With this song, I'll have figured out
Who's gonna make you fall in love?
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all
Oh, my love (my love)
But you can't fly unless you let your
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
But if you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless you let your
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
Who's gonna make you fall in love?
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all
Oh, my love (my love)
But you can't fly unless you let your
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
Who's gonna make you fall in love? (In love)
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all (don't have to be scared, don't have to be scared at all)
Oh, my love
But you can't fly unless you let your-
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
I will catch you if you fall
But if you spread your wings
You can fly away with me
But you can't fly unless you let your
Let yourself fall