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.
Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a 747
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is static information
I'm still here re-dial on automatic
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America
But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world (in a modern world)
She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
Across the water on a 747
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is static information
I'm still here re-dial on automatic
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America
But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world (in a modern world)
She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
Calling America
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All this wonderful technology and he can't get in touch with this girl who's "missing him". Yeah, doesn't matter how good the technology is, it won't work if she don't pick up the phone. She left to make a life in America, told him she would call when she'd been gone for a while. He tries to call her and he's getting static. She started a new life that did not include him. Unfortunately, he is just not getting the hint.
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This is a great song! These days it could be applied to internet romance, and the lengths some people go to to find true love. "Guess she's missing me across the miles", maybe the dream didn't come true, and they stay apart, only in contact through technology!
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This is a great song! These days it could be applied to internet romance, and the lengths some people go to to find true love. "Guess she's missing me across the miles", maybe the dream didn't come true, and they stay apart, only in contact through technology!
This is a great song! These days it could be applied to internet romance, and the lengths some people go to to find true love. "Guess she's missing me across the miles", maybe the dream didn't come true, and they stay apart, only in contact through technology!