Don't Look Down

"Don't Look Down" is a song written and performed by Ally Dawson (Laura Marano) and Austin Moon (Ross Lynch) in the episode, Costumes & Courage during the Starr Records Halloween Party. It is the first song featured in season two and is also the first song that Austin & Ally sing together. In real life, the song was written by Matthew Tishler and Robyn Newman.

Lyrics
Austin:

Yeah, woah

I’m walking on a thin line

And my hands are tied

Got nowhere to hide

I’m standing at a crossroads

Don’t know where to go

Feeling so exposed

Ally:

Yeah I'm caught

In between

Where I'm going and where I've been

But no,

There's no turning back

Yeah!

Both:

It’s like I’m balanced on the edge,

It’s like I’m hanging by a thread,

But I’m still gonna push ahead

So I tell myself

Yeah, I tell myself

Don’t look down, down, down, down

Don’t look down, down, down, down

Don’t look down, down, down, down

Don’t look down, down, down, down

Austin:

It’d be so easy

Just to run

It’d be so easy

To just give up

Ally:

But I'm not that girl who gonna turn my back

There’s no turning back

Both:

No turning back

Ally:

It’s like I’m balanced on the edge

Austin:

It’s like I’m hanging by a thread

Ally:

But I’m still gonna push ahead

So I tell myself

Yeah I tell myself

Both:

Don’t look down, down, down, down

(Ally: Dooowwwnnn!)

Don’t look down, down, down, down

Don’t look down, down, down, down

(Austin: Don't look down! Don't look down!)

Don’t look down, down, down, down!

Trivia:

 * This is the first new song featured in Season 2.
 * This is the first duet featured in Austin & Ally.
 * This is the first time Ally sings on stage in Austin & Ally.
 * This song was originally written to be performed as a solo, but after Taylor Swift hearing about it requested it to be a duet. She was knocked out by Dez before she got to perform and this forced Ally to take the stage (for the first time in a long time).
 * The title and backbone of the chorus are based on Ally's experience in the water park. Scared of going down the big water slide, Austin told her that "no matter how scared [she] was, just push ahead and don't look down," to encourage her. He also told her "keep your mouth closed, because there might be pee in the pool". When Ally first came up with the song, Austin thought she was using that advice as a song.
 * Instead of the chorus being "Don't look down, down, down, down," Austin thought it would be "Don't drink the pee in the pool."