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.
And I knew you'd come walking up the middle of the street
Like a ball of fire giving off heat
And I was standing there in my lace of flames
My fingers on fire embers all around
As the walls fell your hands found me in the fog
I heard people talking in that secret dialogue
More's going on than meets the eye
And I'm trying to decipher the lies
Bah bah da da da
'Cause I was going under and you saved me
Now I owe it all to you
I was going under and you saved me
My bittersweet my bitter blue
And oh they do get mad baby don't they get angry
When you tell them that you just don't agree
They tell you that you're hard to please
That your naïve and you're gonna be very very sorry
But I feel so sure and I feel so new
And then there you are in your jeans of blue
Making it all seem so easy
You make the gale winds nothing more than breezy
Bah bah da da da?.
'Cause I was going under and you saved me
Now I owe it all to you
I was going under and you saved me
My bittersweet my bitter blue
Whoa. My bittersweet my bitter blue
Color's rising honey don't you realize don't you see
You're for me like Adam was for Eve
See me come laughing through the fields
See me come laughing through the waves
Baby I've been holding out for you ? yeah
See me come laughing through the fields
See me come through the waves
Here I come, here I come
'Cause I was going under and you saved me
Now I owe it all to you
I was going under and you saved me
My bittersweet my bitter blue
Like a ball of fire giving off heat
And I was standing there in my lace of flames
My fingers on fire embers all around
As the walls fell your hands found me in the fog
I heard people talking in that secret dialogue
More's going on than meets the eye
And I'm trying to decipher the lies
Bah bah da da da
'Cause I was going under and you saved me
Now I owe it all to you
I was going under and you saved me
My bittersweet my bitter blue
And oh they do get mad baby don't they get angry
When you tell them that you just don't agree
They tell you that you're hard to please
That your naïve and you're gonna be very very sorry
But I feel so sure and I feel so new
And then there you are in your jeans of blue
Making it all seem so easy
You make the gale winds nothing more than breezy
Bah bah da da da?.
'Cause I was going under and you saved me
Now I owe it all to you
I was going under and you saved me
My bittersweet my bitter blue
Whoa. My bittersweet my bitter blue
Color's rising honey don't you realize don't you see
You're for me like Adam was for Eve
See me come laughing through the fields
See me come laughing through the waves
Baby I've been holding out for you ? yeah
See me come laughing through the fields
See me come through the waves
Here I come, here I come
'Cause I was going under and you saved me
Now I owe it all to you
I was going under and you saved me
My bittersweet my bitter blue
Lyrics submitted by Simplistic
Bitter Blue Lyrics as written by Josh Grange Ron Aniello
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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