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.
I'm losing my voice talking to you about talking to you.
Reading your books and wearing your clothes,
Nobody knows that they're not mine.
I guess that just fits with all this living around,
Things finally getting sound.
With this place that I've found.
It's the end of the world today,
You drop a bomb on my bad day.
You're the end of the world.
Reading your books and wearing your clothes,
Nobody knows that they're not mine.
I guess that just fits with all this living around,
Things finally getting sound.
With this place that I've found.
It's the end of the world today,
You drop a bomb on my bad day.
You're the end of the world.
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Yep. I want to havea guy who can sing this to me and it would fit 100%.
I really like this song. I just love it when some1 comes and drops a bomb on my bad days.
Ive often wondered if the bomb is a good thing or a bad thing. On one hand, dropping a bomb on an already bad day would only make things that much worse. On the other hand, dropping a bomb on a bad day would be, in a sense, destroying the bad and thus making everything better. hmm..
I feel like this song is after a breakup. Hes had to move out of her place and find a new place to live; he still has a lot of her things and he obsesses over them because its all he has left of her. Once she left his life, it was the "end of the world" and now hes just "living around"
continued....."living around" is a smart phrase to use in this song. It sounds like "laying around" but he wants to emphasize that basically all he is doing is what is necessary to live (ie breathing, sleeping, maybe eating) and nothing more because whats the point?