"Falling At Your Feet" Song Lyrics by Bono & Daniel Lanois

"Falling at Your Feet" by Bono and Daniel Lanois, from The Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack, is a meditation on surrender, humility, and the human tendency to fall short of perfection. The song’s lyrics are a reflection on the many ways people experience failure, disappointment, and limitation in life, yet these experiences ultimately lead to a kind of spiritual surrender, symbolized by the recurring phrase "falling at your feet." 

Each verse catalogues a variety of human conditions—broken promises, lost opportunities, and the struggles of everyday life—demonstrating how everyone, regardless of their status or circumstances, ends up in a position of submission, whether to life itself, fate, or a higher power. The sense of falling, both literally and metaphorically, emphasizes the vulnerability and fragility of human existence.

The song also explores the theme of humility through imagery of people in various states of struggle, from teenagers with acne to pop stars hurling abuse. No one is exempt from the fall, as indicated by the repeated "all fall down," underscoring the universal nature of human imperfection. The lines "Teach me to surrender / Not my will / Thy will" suggest that true peace comes from yielding control and accepting a greater purpose or higher authority. 

There is a spiritual dimension to this surrender, as the song hints at a deeper, almost biblical humility in recognizing that life, with all its chaos and flaws, can only be navigated through faith or trust in something larger. 

"Falling At Your Feet" Song Lyrics by Bono & Daniel Lanois

Every chip from every cup

Every promise given up

Every reason that's not enough

Is falling, falling at your feet




Every band elastic limit

Every race when there's nothing in it

Every winner that's lost a ticket

Is falling, falling at your feet

I've come crawling, falling at your feet




Every one who needs a friend

Every life that has no end

Every knee not ready to bend

Is falling, falling at your feet

I've come crawling, now I'm falling at your feet




All fall down

All the manic days, faces that pull

All fall down

All the x-rays not under your control

All fall down

The graphitti running down for futile

All fall down

And the compromise you make for someone




Every teenager with acne

Every face that's spoiled by beauty

Ever adult tamed by duty

Are all falling at your feet




Every foot in every face

Every cop stop who finds the grace

Every prisoner in the maze

Every hand that needs an ace

Is falling, falling at your feet

I've come crawling, I'm falling at your feet




All fall down

All the books you never read

All fall down

Just started

All fall down

All the meals you rushed

All fall down

And never tasted




Every eye closed by a bruise

Every plan that just can't lose

Every pop star hurling abuse

Every drunk back on the booze

All falling at your feet

I'm falling at your feet




All fall down

All the information

All fall down

All the big ideas

All fall down

All the radio waves

All fall down

Electronic seas

All fall down

How to navigate

All fall down

How to simply be

All fall down

The truth knows when to wait

All fall down

Explained simplicity

All fall down

In whom shall I trust

All fall down

How might I be still

All fall down

Teach me to surrender

Not my will

Thy will