NEEDTOBREATHE Frontman Bear Rinehart Shares Meaning Behind Song ‘Fall on Me’ and His Heart for Fatherhood

In September 2023, Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning Christian rock band NEEDTOBREATHE released their 10th studio album, titled “Caves.” 

In a recent social media post, lead singer Bear Rinehart shared that “Fall On Me,” a song on the album featuring country singer Carly Pearce, was inspired by his experiences as a father. 

“We’re a band but we’re also a bunch of dads,” NEEDTOBREATHE wrote. “We wrote this song to let our kids know that no matter how many times they mess up, they can always fall back on us.”

In the video attached to the post, Rinehart, whose full name is William Stanley Rinehart III, introduced the song. 

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“This song, I wrote about my kids,” Rinehart said. “When I dropped them off at school [for] the first time, I had a different feeling than I thought I would have.”

Rinehart continued, “It wasn’t that I was excited for them. It’s more that I knew they were gonna mess up.”

“That sounds funny, but it’s true,” he added with a chuckle. “If you’re a parent, you know what that feels like.”

“So the message to them is, hey, you can come back anytime. No matter what you do, how many mistakes you make, you can fall on us,” Rinehart said.

In the chorus of the song, Rinehart sings, “You will always be / you always be / the one that I can call / the safest place to fall / for me.”

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“Fall On Me,” which has over 1.7 million plays on Spotify, was co-written by Rinehart, award-winning Christian songwriter Jason Ingram, and Elevation Church pastor Steven Furtick, who is an instrumental figure in the writing of the popular worship anthems sung by Elevation Worship.