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.
See that face from across the room
and I can feel you're nothing
show your fear it's not hard to see
intentions pale, it's blinding
stop stop from place i've been
no good for the shape i'm in
i'm sold to the race you win
you want to take me out
stop stop
will you face off him
my space in the wickedy sin
no change for the place I'm in
but you change too
stop! stop!
I am all you need to know
and I am everywhere you go
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
and I'm everything you see
and I'm what you'll never be
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
show your face
and stare at me
and I can feel you clearing
showing up and preparing me
and you're the one I'm bury
stop stop
from place i've been
no good for the shape i'm in
i'm sold to the race you win
you want to take me out
stop stop
will you face off him
my space in the wickedy sin
no change for the place I'm
but you change too
stop! stop!
And I am all you need to know
and I'm everywhere you go
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
and I'm everything you see
and I'm what you'll never be
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
take you down
leave you fallen, faceless, hurt
and leave you down
fall, break you now
leave you fallen, faceless, hurt
and take you down
wanna take you down!
I am all you need to know
I am everywhere you go
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
I am everything you see
I am what you'll never be
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
and I can feel you're nothing
show your fear it's not hard to see
intentions pale, it's blinding
stop stop from place i've been
no good for the shape i'm in
i'm sold to the race you win
you want to take me out
stop stop
will you face off him
my space in the wickedy sin
no change for the place I'm in
but you change too
stop! stop!
I am all you need to know
and I am everywhere you go
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
and I'm everything you see
and I'm what you'll never be
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
show your face
and stare at me
and I can feel you clearing
showing up and preparing me
and you're the one I'm bury
stop stop
from place i've been
no good for the shape i'm in
i'm sold to the race you win
you want to take me out
stop stop
will you face off him
my space in the wickedy sin
no change for the place I'm
but you change too
stop! stop!
And I am all you need to know
and I'm everywhere you go
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
and I'm everything you see
and I'm what you'll never be
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
take you down
leave you fallen, faceless, hurt
and leave you down
fall, break you now
leave you fallen, faceless, hurt
and take you down
wanna take you down!
I am all you need to know
I am everywhere you go
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
I am everything you see
I am what you'll never be
no one can save you now
when it all comes around
Lyrics submitted by tRyXRyZ
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Great version of a great song,
Yeah I agree with you Sillen. It's about a person who he was in love with but she did something to him that made him feel horrible. And this song is about one day she'll get what she deserves.
Awesome song, my favorite from Trust Co. Just saw them live, and this song rocked. I think it's about getting revenge and how kharma will come back to get you.
i just saw trust company on the 15th, those guys are the coolest!
I agree with Sillen as well. I see this as "what comes around, goes around" and maybe this person he loved will someday realize what she lost. That he could of been the person that she needed so much but took it for granted.
"I am all you need to know I am everywhere you go no one can save you now when it all comes around"
This makes me think that when she truly discovers who she is she'll realize that this the person she wanted to be with. And by then it'll be too late.
It seems like all the relationships I'm in seem to be at the "wrong time, wrong place" so I can really empathize with this song. That when I love someone, they don't realize how good it can be until they push me too far away.
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This is indeed a song about revenge or someone getting what they deserve. It's just like a "Figure 8", everything eventually goes back around in the same circle.
i LOVE this song!!!!!!!
I can relate to this song. There is this one guy who I love more than anything but I'm not sure where things are going between us. I know he wants to be with someone because he told me, but yet I am right there and he won't fall my way. He acts a little like he likes me, but I don't know. I can't keep just waiting forever and ruin my life. But I think once I finally do find someone, I think he is going to look back a realize what he could have had!
this song is aw2thesome
I LOVE when he goes STOP STOP! and when he says wicked. this song is amazing. the cd is amazing.