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.
If I was the last person to know
How you cheated me
Did you think I could let go
Of your betrayal easily
Oh no it went deep
I lost a lot of sleep
Thinking I had no one to turn to
Oh I
Oh I
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
How you ever gonna see clearly
Are you ever gonna know the real me
I gotta stop the world I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
I can't take all the mis quotes and lies
Barbed wire bouquets
But you I never thought
Would stoop so low
I guess that goes to show
What you just don't know
Can really hurt you so
And I'm not sure who to trust anymore
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Are you ever gonna see clearly
How you ever gonna know the real me
I gotta stop the world I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
I can't deny it stresses me like no lover ever could
Makes me wonder why the world is such a jealous lover
Ask me what I have learned
You gotta play the fool to catch the wise
Act the mute to hear the lies
What else
What else
What else
And the rest
Coming home is always the best
But a smile can hide a deadly weapon
And a friend you thought you could rely on
Don't you feel sorry for me baby
Don't you feel sorry for me baby
Oh I
Oh I
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Are you ever gonna see clearly
How you ever gonna know the real me
Gotta stop the world
Oh I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Are you ever gonna see me clearly
How you ever gonna know the real me
I gotta stop the world
I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I oh I
Oh
How you cheated me
Did you think I could let go
Of your betrayal easily
Oh no it went deep
I lost a lot of sleep
Thinking I had no one to turn to
Oh I
Oh I
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
How you ever gonna see clearly
Are you ever gonna know the real me
I gotta stop the world I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
I can't take all the mis quotes and lies
Barbed wire bouquets
But you I never thought
Would stoop so low
I guess that goes to show
What you just don't know
Can really hurt you so
And I'm not sure who to trust anymore
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Are you ever gonna see clearly
How you ever gonna know the real me
I gotta stop the world I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
I can't deny it stresses me like no lover ever could
Makes me wonder why the world is such a jealous lover
Ask me what I have learned
You gotta play the fool to catch the wise
Act the mute to hear the lies
What else
What else
What else
And the rest
Coming home is always the best
But a smile can hide a deadly weapon
And a friend you thought you could rely on
Don't you feel sorry for me baby
Don't you feel sorry for me baby
Oh I
Oh I
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Are you ever gonna see clearly
How you ever gonna know the real me
Gotta stop the world
Oh I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Are you ever gonna see me clearly
How you ever gonna know the real me
I gotta stop the world
I gotta stop the world
Gotta stop the world misfocusing on me
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I oh I
Oh
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