Falter - Lori McKenna

I went to high school with that kid

He was even strange back then

The type whose eyes don’t leave the floor

Blend in with the cement

Well, I felt so bad for that kid

One day I saw his face turn green

And as he tumbled to the floor

The thought of reaching out never occurred to me

Why don’t we open up

Knowing that we all falter?

When will we learn

To reach out for each other?

Well, he lived out on the edge of town

And I’m pretty sure he had a brother

It seemed that boy could walk for days

I suspect to avoid his mother

And I always knew he had it bad

Tougher than any of us others did

Still, I never asked him how he was doing

What could I do?

I was just a kid

Why don’t we open up

Knowing that we all falter?

When will we learn

To reach out for each other?

So, now he’s the new town bum

He talks to himself and picks up cans all day

And when my kids ask me about him

What’ll I say?

What’ll I say?

Why don’t we open up

Knowing that we, we all falter?

And when will we learn?

When will we learn to open up

Knowing that we all falter?

When will we learn?

(When will we learn?)

I said, when will we learn?

When will we learn

To reach out for each other?