What would you do if someone tells you that they’ve fallen? 💞💘

As we celebrate the month of love this February, love confessions overflow over different social media platforms. The adrenaline rush one gets after confessing their feelings is a sensation the current generation seems to be longing for. But what would you do if someone confessed their feelings for you? Would you ignore them, reject their feelings, or accept them? Lola Amour’s “Fallen” tells the perspective of a person hesitating to confess his feelings to someone he likes.

FIRST STAGE: KILIG

The song opens with the question, “What if I told you that I’ve fallen?” - a line that is repeatedly uttered throughout the song. It is the main point of the track, the what-ifs of confessing to someone. In a way, the song brings us to the stages of love, from liking someone to recognizing that feelings might be whole and real.

Love starts with the exhilaration caused by different factors in a relationship built between two people, even if these feelings felt are untold. In the song's first verse, the singer shares the different things that make him kilig over someone. From how his name is said to how his heart skips a beat when he hears the person he likes to call him, it is evident how the singer is smitten by this person.

While it is fun to like someone, the time will come when it’s your turn to tell them your feelings. So as the song progresses, the narrator of the song realizes that his feelings might cause trouble to the person he likes. Because of this, he dismisses the thoughts of admitting his feelings, and convinces himself that he’s okay with being by the person’s side for as long as he can hide. But for how long?

SECOND STAGE: DELUSION

The song’s second verse is a roller coaster ride of emotions. It includes the what-would’ve-beens of a relationship built inside the singer’s mind if he reveals his hidden feelings. He would make them breakfast every morning and pick them up when they’re a mess, some of the things that lovers do to the person they are committed with. However, this is all a delusion, not something that truly happened.

In this verse, the singer starts to accept that these feelings are genuine. He knows that it won’t ever stop, that he’ll be there when he is called by the person, whether they like it or not. The writer of the song used a juxtaposition in the following lines, “But don’t mind me, I’m just falling, I’ll go back up on my own / Please don’t say my name, help me put out this flame.” The first line shows that the singer will go back up by himself, but it is followed by a line that asks the other person to help him stop his feelings, contrary to the earlier idea of his independence. The verse ends with the decision of the singer that he’d continue his feelings, even if the person he likes doesn’t believe it.

LAST STAGE: ACCEPTANCE

How hard is it to accept something? The decision that the singer determined to stand by is unclear towards the end of the song. As the song ends, the lines ”Nevermind, Nevermind / What if I told you that I’ve fallen?” are repeated frequently and show the internal conversation that he has with himself whether to declare his clandestine feelings or not. The last line goes, “I shouldn’t tell you that I’ve fallen,” implicating that the singer accepted that he can never let them acknowledge his feelings maybe because of the fear that crept upon him. This line completely reverses the whole point of the song that started with a hopeful tone but ended on a

discouraging note.

The whole song sums up how one gets ready to confess their feelings, and it is not easy for them. So when someone tells you that they’ve fallen, carefully handle their feelings, just like how you treat a fragile object. Make sure to let them know how you feel about it, whether you accept it or not. Never leave them hanging, and never be ambiguous.