The Sky Is Falling (feat. Casey Lee Williams and Lamar Hall) by Jeff Williams with Lyrics

[@SirsMadamsEntertainment]

Lyrics: here comes another nightmare another fever dream the horror just won’t stop an endless scream but this is not subconscious we’re not imagining we’re wide awake this is reality our world’s lost without a soul we’re losing all control not getting closer every step is just another dose of torture now we pay the cost the race is lost this nightmare’s our real life you better cover up your eyes my friend the sky is falling can’t outrun the ruin of our lives be prepared we’re near the end the final days are calling hold on now the sky is falling down a curse that's never-ending a path with no escape no sudden death we're trapped in slow decay these words are not symbolic the torment's all too real eternal enemy our fate is sealed we slide further down the hole the damage takes it's toll helpless and broken failed to stem the tide of pain the floodgate's open now it's one more sin as evil wins and mis'ry steals our lives ~~Lamar wrote his own~~

[@Kobob_KC]

I interpreted one line different but it's hard to tell which one is correct. Cold soaked as I'm standin' in rain to Cold soaked as I stand in the rain and you got an extra o in "lose" at 2:40

[@SirsMadamsEntertainment]

@@Kobob_KC yeah that is hard to hear.. i even pulled the vocal track out of the tune and it didn't help much .. it's just too quick and in the mix

[@akiharalove2804]

If you wanna hear something cool look at the song falling towards the sky from Red vs Blue and then listen to this song again..it really makes you think about some stuff lol

[@ginymaynard]

I'm pretty sure its endless stream due to all the water symbolism in this song because you know the flow of water and time and all that but I really love the implications of an endless scream. Never ending torment, terror, that feeling as you heart drops just forever. Its terrifying

[@XONIXSM]

"I need therapy" *epic guitar solo* Well, if that ain't every Jeff Williams song summarized.

[@Aurasoul.]

Or every RWBY character summarized

[@katelynnvallon2371]

@@Aurasoul. or any viewer who's caught up

[@MAK3L_]

I LOVE the rasp in her voice! Especially when she says "Our FATE is sealed!"

[@anonymousgamer5771]

I think that "rasp" you speak of might be her father Jeff backing her up.

[@MAK3L_]

@@anonymousgamer5771 that sounds nothing like jeff though

[@soulmechanics7946]

You love it? She is not lying. This is a true story. It makes you happy? You love it? The appropriate response is anger kid. Anger and hostility.

[@anonymousgamer5771]

@@soulmechanics7946 Eh?

[@soulmechanics7946]

@@anonymousgamer5771 This music is a call to action. Hear the lyrics. Pay attention. Fight back.

[@thepointydoughnut5358]

I think this is my favorite performance that Casey's given in RWBY. It's just so good. The fry in the second verse, and the intensity in her voice is so passionate. It feels like she's there

[@ReminiscentIndustries]

Honestly, I'm not too surprised she's learned fry tones. But they sound super cool with her voice, and I'm not surprised if she's gonna use it in the original music she's doing now.

[@theScarletFame]

Wish the season was actually good though :(

[@sassui90]

@@theScarletFame Good thing it is then?

[@NekoinaBox2000]

@@sassui90 nah 8 was genuinely crappy. More plot holes, character shifts, character ruining moments, asspulls, and timeline issues then any other season, probably due to a rushed timeframe but still.

[@sassui90]

@@NekoinaBox2000 Not really, i mean you can list issues you think it has but without examples it doesn't means much. 8 is far from it.

[@drguineapig8755]

The “I need therapy” part killed me. Also what a great way to summarize RWBY.

[@livilovey9760]

RWBY’s songs are starting to sound more and more relatable to real life lol

[@Talented_T]

This one of my Favorite Music 💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@yillin]

Casey's energy in this song is intense.

[@rwbyrose7269]

Casey is so freaking awesome 🥰🥰🥰

[@miluires3249]

Sorry, but I lost it at "I need therapy"

[@RarahOG]

lmao saaamme

[@doctornagalli3321]

Everyone after V8

[@archernoob]

Litteral goosebumps this was worth the wait!

[@brianvanvorst4051]

Is it just me or do a lot of words relate to the Grimm Hound in general? Of course, this is the song playing when Yang, Jaune, and Ren are chasing after it, but after seeing lyrics such as 'No sudden death, a slow decay' (after the Schnee's killed the Hound, underneath the Grimm skin was just bone) and during Lamar's verse 'Oh God, lost control, I think I'm gonna lose it'. IDK, but that is how I interpreted the song.

[@zealousElement]

I was also thinking that this could be of the Silver Eyed Warriors as a whole. "Better cover up your eyes my friend the sky is falling." Salem was going after them and I'm sure plenty started hiding their heritage as their people were killed and/or experimented on. Their lives have been ruined forevermore and that's why I think it played perfectly during the hound chase as the prelude to the truth of what was hidden within.

[@Kerrisive]

@@zealousElement I think the rap is mostly Jaune's perspective on trying to move past Pyrrha's death, despite what people have said it arguably being Oscar's perspective. Given how a vast majority of it is about trying to move past the casket of a dead loved one, the video screen with Pyrrha's video to him, and given what he does at the end of the volume, it's sort of brought into retrospect.

[@Amethyst_Topaz]

Well fuck. This song has only become more relatable and true over time.

[@HighPriestFuneral]

This song suddenly feels a bit more terrifying after recent day's events....

[@timmyturtle7688]

The rap part of the song gives of so much lotus juice vibes for some reason

[@hunkygod7624]

Best song of the volume easily

[@NemesisPrimeWOOO]

I cant believe i forget how good the rwby soundtrack is

[@CopiumCentral1027]

I have a theory about this song, and it stems from the phrase “Every day is just another dose of torture.” I think this song is sung from the perspective of the Faunus inside The Hound. It may seem like a weird theory at first, but think about how much pain and suffering poor little fox man had to go through in order to be turned into... well... that. Not to mention, when we first see it, every time it evolves and changes form, we can hear its bones breaking and shifting into different places than they’re supposed to be in. Moreso, when we see it grow wings for the first time, it is screaming in pain. This might just be me, but I don’t think it’s a pleasant experience to be one of these Grimm symbiote things. (Grimmbiotes? Grimmbiotes.) Plausible theory, wouldn’t you say?

[@VinceMouse]

"Better cover up your eyes, my friend" He's warning Ruby.

[@plizica]

a bit late to the party , but i do agree "a curse that's never-ending" "no sudden death" "trapped in slow decay" he would probably want do be dead but the grimm using him would need him alive so he wouldn't let him die

[@plizica]

also "let my demons live on trough my legacy"... i dont think this one needs explaining

[@devilmayshart]

What is this diddy ahh season, i cant belive its (beat starts playing) Not like us! Custard is a treat, let's go, bro!

[@yourfellowsimp4561]

Volume 8 spoilers, do not read unless you've seen all of rwby. So in Greek Mythology Atlas is a Titan who was cursed to hold up the sky, therefore in RWBY when the staff of creation is used again Atlas falls from the sky. That could be the sky is falling since there's nobody to hold up the sky. At the same time it could be from the city of Mantle, their sky is blocked by Atlas for the most part I believe so when Atlas falls and crashes into Mantle then the sky is falling. My first theory was inspired by the Genius annotation on this song. If I'm wrong at all about any of this information, please correct me. I'm not claiming to know everything and I'm more than happy to admit my mistake.

[@sun5et956]

No I think you might be right

[@milferdjones2573]

As cat in 9 "who thought the set up of Atlas over Mantle was a good idea?" Rhetorical question it was a very bad idea. More accurate The Titans who controlled the world lost to the Olympians who took over as Titans had Greek style immortality the best kind there is no way to overcome it those with always returning to life no matter what you do to them or how powerful the being doing it. Some were imprisoned in Tartarus others like Atlas condemned to various tasks.

[@RarahOG]

I love this song like way too much

[@soulmechanics7946]

It is nice to find you. Sirs and Madams.. how confused most people are when we use these terms in respect. Honor is a lost art anymore, but nonetheless we address our people with accordance.. and we can see you. 😎

[@Pablo360able]

what

[@_goodmeasure]

yea the williams went the fuck off on this one! ☝️

[@ArthurTheKFPpriest]

Is it me or are there many lines that mirror or other wise pay homage to Red Like Roses pt.2 ?

[@velvetbutterfly]

I know BBTag is dead but I'd love this song to be in it

[@doot_slayer]

You say that but I remember hearing about it getting rollback recently

[@akiharalove2804]

Atlas...A Titan of Greek Mythology after the war with the gods and the Titans loss Atlas was burdened with the weight of carrying Uranus aka the sky that protects Gaia (The Earth) RWBY: General Ironwood is the LAW of Atlas essentially making him Atlas itself everything goes through Ironwood and well Atlas..fell and it fell all the way down to Mantle (The Earths Mantle) thus The Sky is Falling and the world is ending

[@unicorniagalaticajulia9720]

I love rwby songs, and this song especially!!

[@herrscherofsillyracoons851]

idk why but this music remembered me of flint and neon, and how they prooobably died,,,

[@velvetbutterfly]

We didn't see them die so they're probably in the desert

[@QMQ-WyW]

someone else find 0:43 and 1:48 weird? it's like there is a stop when she's sing and I can't really explain it but it sounds off

[@robinquartz884]

So, after listening to this a lot, I think it's just because it's not what we're used to since it wasn't like that in the show and also it's just a weird transition. Like, musically, you don't see a transition like that very often. I personally love it but it took a bit to get used to.

[@Nova-_-]

It's a very quick change in both tempo and time signature (unless i'm mistaken, it's going from common time to cut time, among a few other small changes). Given the context of the song, I think it's 110% intended.

[@silvereyes242]

Love Casey’s voice as per usual but something about volumes 8’s soundtrack isn’t hitting for me.

[@LightSpeed-el9tx]

Imo this is the first truly good soundtrack since vol 6 and the fact that Casey and the team still made this sound as good as it does after everything they went through is really cool.

[@silvereyes242]

@@LightSpeed-el9tx To each their own I guess. I like Friend and Awake but other than that I feel like the songs are just kinda meh. I think Jeff is overusing the same formula for his songs too frequently which is perhaps the issue for me.

[@sorenaleo]

In this song in particular the rap in the middle just ruins it for me. Love most of the song just lose it at the rap. The soundtrack is still good it's just got a couple rough spots in it.

[@altIiiIiiiiI]

@@silvereyes242 I should interject and say that Awake isn't a RWBY song; its a song by Ok Goodbye which is Casey's own band. Her Dad brought her band's song Awake to the RWBY soundtrack to help prop her band up. Its why Awake is both so musically and tonally different from RWBY music in general.

[@mookieluvr]

I've been feeling that, too, and felt like I was going crazy. Mostly because in the show the songs for volume 8 sounded really cool and I was quite excited for them, checking almost weekly for news. Now that they're here? I've scarcely listened to them at all as much as I did with volume 7's soundtrack. I'm no musician so I can't place my finger on why, and I'm probably not qualified to do so even if I could, but it FEELS like bits of the music in the episodes got mashed together with an entirely different direction in actual soundtrack production that created a kind of amalgamation song? I dunno, I'm just rambling now but it's nice to see that I'm not completely crazy when it comes to the feeling that something is off. Edit: just to stress I'm not complaining about the way the soundtracks are made, the singers, or anything personal like that. I'm not out here to attack Jeff, Casey, Lamar Hall, or their team. I'm just stating what I (someone with no experience) think might have happened. Plus disclaimer, I'm aware music is subjective and some people really liked this volume's soundtrack. I'm just saying this because it seems like a lot of us met this wall and I was wondering why.

[@devilmayshart]

+2 "I need Therapy" Ummm anyone else the same after watching RWBY Volume 8? Heh..

[@soulmechanics7946]

This is the theme song, isn't it? For all of this. 😞 I can see you.

[@gravenwolf6535]

The soundtrack is way better than the actual volume.

[@sadhourstwentyfourseven9578]

Always has been.

[@Kingreseyt]

No,the song just adds more flavor to the volume

[@gravenwolf6535]

@@Kingreseyt The soundtrack makes the volume to suck a little less TBH.

[@zeloswilder475]

You know, the chorus could work for Chicken Little, what with the whole "the sky is falling" stuff.

[@mauriceisaac3646]

Love when Lamar Hall joins in a RWBY/RvB song! Even with how bad the show’s gotten, Casey and John continue to produce bangers!

[@theycallmebad]

I mean, opinions aren't facts (especially since the show's success and popularity speaks itself) but everyone's entitled to them. The song is absolutely banger tho, that's a fact.

[@mauriceisaac3646]

@@theycallmebad Success and popularity built off of the earlier better volumes. Most people would agree the story direction has had a major downturn post-Fall of Beacon.

[@LightSpeed-el9tx]

@@mauriceisaac3646 I can agree, I’m still invested mainly because I love the characters so much and because of the music but yeah the story direction has definitely gotten pretty mediocre, I wouldn’t say bad but it’s not as good as it used to be.

[@theycallmebad]

@@mauriceisaac3646 "Most" people, no not really. If anything past the earlier "better" volumes was as bad as you want them to be, the show would've been cancelled you know. If "most people" actually hated it, it would've been evident to the point that the show wouldn't go on. Clearly not what's happening. Just because you don't like it doesn't it's bad writing. We don't live in a world where just because you say it's bad, then that opinion becomes fact. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that's the truth. And no, I'm not saying RWBY is flawless, but ignoring the success and popularity by majority of people across the world, and say it's only because it's riding on the success on earlier volumes is honestly laughable. Like I said, the show is still beloved by millions of people around the world so the success and popularity is not something you can pretend does not exist. You don't have to like it and you're entitled to your opinion, but the whole "nah, I say it sucks and that's the general consensus" when clearly that's not the case since there's so much support and love for it, otherwise the show wouldn't be continued. It's been years and 5 volumes since the "better" volumes. Clearly people enjoyed them. Volume 5 was probably the weakest of them though and could've been done better, I'll give you that. Honestly, I will never understand why people go out of their way to hatewatch (or otherwise) stuff or feel the need to just bash it because hating it is their whole personality. You could've just said you liked this track and leave it at that, but nope; gotta bash the show for no reason. Sorry for the rant. I feel that we're not gonna change each other's mind about this, but I guess I needed to say my piece and leave it at that. I'll do me, you'll do you. Apologies for taking up your time by having you read this. Have a good one!

[@mauriceisaac3646]

@@theycallmebad It being bad writing isn't dependent on my opinion, but based on legitimate writing flaws (plot holes/contrivances, iffy story direction, questionable character usage) that have been pointed out by fellow viewers (I recommend analyses from TheJudgemental Critter and Twiins iink about the past few volumes). It's okay to enjoy something you know is flawed. You shouldn't have to turn a blind eye to them, just be humble enough to acknowledge them. Maybe they don't bother you as much as it does others, which is okay, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Something that continues to be successful isn't always indicative of the current quality of the show itself, but just from how profitable their brand continues to be. That's why popular shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, Teen Titans Go, and Spongebob continue to be on, despite their subjective quality now. I'm free to express my distaste towards the show as I see fit, especially when emphasizing that the music is one of the few redeeming factors the show still has. You could've just accepted my take and moved on, but you chose to start an argument over it because I dared to say something negative. It works both ways.

[@amitamaru]

Weirdly, it makes me think of Endwalker.

[@Tom-Pendragon]

Holy fuck, same!?!?! wtf

[@lancoverse1051]

Chicken little?

[@pinklove1924]

Casey voice is amazing as always but the third verse where they started rapping was really bad. The rapping feels so out of place and doesn’t mesh well with the rest of the song. I love this song but only when Casey sings. The lyrics when they rap also don’t really make sense in the context of the show

[@halojoe1028]

I would personally disagree, I thought the rap interlude was a great way to divert to the darker themes while still retaining the tone