The Downfall of a Well Known Actress
ⓘ This lostwave is classified as solved. | |
| The Downfall of a Well Known Actress | |
 The cover of Fair Verona's 2001 album Unfair & Unofficial | |
| Artist(s) | Fair Verona |
|---|---|
| Genre | Pop Punk |
| Year | 1999 |
| Status | Solved; Full version available |
| Original poster | andyhermann |
| Search duration | 2019 - 2024 |
| File:DownfallOfAWellKnownActress.mp3 | |
The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress (formerly known as "Downfall") is a solved lostwave by American indie-rock band Fair Verona, which was released exclusively on their website as a bonus track for their 2001 album Unfair & Unofficial. It was first uploaded to WatZatSong by user andyhermann in 2019
Background
On October 23rd, 2019, the song was first posted by WatZatSong user andyhermann, who claimed to have downloaded it in 2008 with the original filename being Downfall.mp3.[1]
The song first gained attention in December 2022, when WatZatSong user RojoCatto/Mike Worst contacted the OP and received the full song, which he then uploaded to his channel on December 17th, 2022.[2]
On December 22nd, 2023, Mike Worst discovered a band called Downfall that had a song called "Save Me Now" with a similar runtime to the lost song on MySpace, but the file was no longer available.[3] This lead was debunked on January 21st, 2024, when a member of the band was contacted on Twitter and confirmed that he did not create the song.[4]
Discovery
On February 29th, 2024, the song was identified as The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress by Fair Verona, after Discord user Erin used an API to scrape every song on the website last.fm for the keyword "downfall", and user Sveta/cherryblossomcherish discovered the song on an archived version of the band's website.[5][6]
Lyrics
| Official Lyrics |
| (Verse 1)
June arrived with a bitterness so cold I looked around expecting December In the distance, the sound of the highway The last thing I can remember So you think you wanna go, well let me go? Then you think you wanna stay, well I know I’ll step outside, once again I'll be leaving Be leaving Believe me (Chorus) There is a song somewhere inside of me Damn them all, one-hundred fifty-three I can't protect them from myself And who is gonna save me? (Verse 2) You took away all the comfortable silence And left behind a beautiful future The faces never ceased to amaze me The amazement doesn't even begin to phase me So my life is just beginning to hit me I'm already six feet under Your timing just kills me It just killed me (It killed me) (Chorus) There is a song somewhere inside of me Damn them all, one-hundred fifty-three I can't protect them from myself But who is gonna save me? Who is gonna save me now? (Outro) This is a beautiful movie We play in And I'm gonna change it when I Get in This is a beautiful movie We play in And I'm gonna change it when I Get in |
Personnel
Shawna Potter – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Beth Cameron – lead guitar, backing vocals
Leah Nicholls – bass, backing vocals
Brent Summers – drums
Resources
- ↑ https://www.watzatsong.com/en/found/Fair+Verona-The+Downfall+of+a+Well+Known+Actress-626980.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmbwLQ1mfNw
- ↑ https://myspace.com/downfall654/music/song/-save-me-now-83397637-92006061
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/19cclcn/the_twitter_1downfall_myspace_page_are_debunked/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/1b3fyte/comment/kss7h1x/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010706223542/http://www.fairverona.com/music/downfall.mp3