User blog:Forrestib/I May Fall (For You)

As part of my regular ongoing process of massively overanalysing everything, including the numerous references to falling in the various songs, I found something that I thought some of you might think was funny. It's a particularly humorous misinterpretation of "I May Fall" that completely changes the meaning of the song. I'm just going to paste the lyrics in here, with some slight alterations that will be marked in bold.

(To be clear, I'm not actually placing any merit in this. It's completely worthless for speculation purposes. It's just a goofy thing I wanted to share with y'all because RWBY)

There's a day when all hearts will be broken, When a shadow will cast out the light, And our eyes cry a million tears: Help won’t arrive.

There's a day when all courage collapses, And our friends turn and leave us behind. Creatures of darkness will triumph; The sun won't rise.

When we've lost all hope, And succumb to fear, And the skies rain blood, And the end draws near,

 I may fall for you,  But not like this: it won't be by your hand. I may fall, Not this place; not today. I may fall, Bring it all, it's not enough to take me down. ''' I may fall for you. '''

There's a place where we'll stand outnumbered; Where the wolves and the soulless will rise. In the time of our final moments, Every dream dies.

There's a place where our shields will lay shattered, And the fear's all that's left in our hearts. Our strength and our courage have run out; We fall apart.

When we lose our faith, And forsake our friends; When the moon is gone, And we've reached our ends,

''' I may fall for you. '''

There's a moment that changes a life when, We do something that no one else can. And the path that we've taken will lead us: One final stand.

There's a moment we'll make a decision, Not to cower and crash on the ground. The moment we face our worst demons, Our courage found.

When we stand with friends, And we won't retreat, As we stare down death, Then the taste is sweet.

 I may fall for you,  But not like this: it won’t be by your hand. I may fall, Not this place; not today. I may fall, Bring it all, it's not enough to take me down. I may fall. I may fall. I may fall. ''' I may, I may fall for you. '''

How I interpret the new lyrics is essentially as a "When pigs fly" type statement about "maybe if the apocalypse comes, maybe then I'll love you." Although it certainly seems like there would be plenty of other ways of looking at it in this light.