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Falling Up

By Petra

647 views Sep 22, 2026 updated God Fixation album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Petra inverts a familiar phrase in "Falling Up" — "after all those years of falling down, I fell up in the arms of love when I heard Him call." The song keeps the physical sensation of falling while reversing its direction entirely, treating grace as something that catches a person mid-collapse rather than after it.

"He was smiling when he walked up, held a tract out in his hand, then he told me Jesus loved me and said, 'so do I, man'" keeps the conversion story concrete and specific — a street encounter, not an abstract spiritual awakening. "Right there in the street we prayed" locates the moment plainly, without dressing it up.

"Sometimes I start to fall down just like any other man, but His arms are there to catch me and lift me up again" admits the pattern still repeats even after conversion, and "now, falling up to heaven" closes the song by extending the same image all the way to its final destination.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

[Based on Psalm 37:23-24]

Standing on the corner I was losing track of time
When away in the distance saw an old friend of mine
He was smiling when he walked up held a tract out in his hand
Then he told me Jesus loved me and said "so do I, man"
Told me Jesus wants to save me from the fiery pit of hell
Then I told him I was livin' there I knew that place well
I was just about to leave when a love came over me
Like nothin I had felt then we kneeled and we prayed
Right there in the street we prayed

And now, after all those years of falling down
I fell up in the arms of love
When I heard Him call

(Love was calling I was falling)
He was there and I could hear Him callin'
I was fallin' up into His arms
Love was catchin' me that day and somehow
I was fallin' up then
And I'm fallin' up now
I'm fallin' up now

I remember that same feeling I'm reminded everyday
See, Jesus lives inside me and I know He's there to stay
Sometimes I start to fall down just like any other man
But His arms are there to catch me
And lift me up again

After all those years of falling down
I fell up in the arms of love
When I heard Him call

Now - couldn't live without Him
Now - wanna know more about Him
Now - I'm falling once again
Now - falling up to heaven

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