In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
You want me to have some
so spare me some hope.
Cause these days I'm running out of ways to cope.
My spirit has been broken
and can't be perfect again.
Feels like a burden carrying this lonely sin.
You know one day
you are going to get a phone call
announcing I gave up on it all.
Well it's obvious why
I radiate negativity.
Your dysfunctional ways rub off on me.
I've only learned
to do evil for evil.
And became an example of if hurt people hurt people.
If you could change something
what shall it be?
Remember I am you, you are me.
Oh God strike this from
my mind, these thoughts.
Too bad peace of mind can't be bought.
Because I would be a slave
to it up to this day,
not llike people are to worldly sins today.
Then we all wouldn't
be in this situation.
I curse everything about it, even the thought of migration.
Eventually it brings 2
people together right?
And then their children don't own their birth rights.
You only say that these things
don't last forever.
Litery speaking, the last time you were in my shoes was never.
For me a fighting chance was
never optional,
so let's call me what I am...dysfunctional.
so spare me some hope.
Cause these days I'm running out of ways to cope.
My spirit has been broken
and can't be perfect again.
Feels like a burden carrying this lonely sin.
You know one day
you are going to get a phone call
announcing I gave up on it all.
Well it's obvious why
I radiate negativity.
Your dysfunctional ways rub off on me.
I've only learned
to do evil for evil.
And became an example of if hurt people hurt people.
If you could change something
what shall it be?
Remember I am you, you are me.
Oh God strike this from
my mind, these thoughts.
Too bad peace of mind can't be bought.
Because I would be a slave
to it up to this day,
not llike people are to worldly sins today.
Then we all wouldn't
be in this situation.
I curse everything about it, even the thought of migration.
Eventually it brings 2
people together right?
And then their children don't own their birth rights.
You only say that these things
don't last forever.
Litery speaking, the last time you were in my shoes was never.
For me a fighting chance was
never optional,
so let's call me what I am...dysfunctional.
Lyrics submitted by nhchristian
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