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.
JB: Kage...
KG: Yeah?
JB: Let's go to this drive-thru.
(Motor Sounds)
KG: Oh good, I'm starvin'.
Drive-through guy: (mumbles)
JB: Yeah, um...ah
Drive-through guy: May I have your order?
JB: Yeah, hold on a second, I'm lookin' at the menu
Drive-through guy: okay
JB: ...ah l-
Drive-through guy: would you like special curly fries?
JB: Please, don't, don't offer me anything... I'll tell you what I want.
um...ok...you know how you have the six-piece nuggets?
Drive-through guys: six piece mcnuggets.
JB: Just, uh, can you give me just four nuggets? I'm, I'm tryin'to...
Drive through-guy: They come in six or twelve piece...do you want service?
JB: Shut up and listen to my order. Take the six nuggets, and throw two of them
away. I'm just wantin' a four-nugget thing. I'm tryin to watch my calorie
intake.
Drive-through guy: They come in six or twelve pieces sir...
JB: Put two of them up your ass, and give me four chicken mcnuggets. And then,
uh, can I have a junior western bacon chee? A JUNIOR western bacon chee. I'm
trying to watch my figure.
Drive-through guy: Western Bacon Cheeseburger...
JB: A JUNIOR Western Bacon Chee...
Drive-through guy: Would you like that with onions?
JB: No Onions.
Drive-through guy: Okay, Junior Bacon Chee...Total is $6.57
JB: Okay, and I'm gonna go with a fillet of fish sandwich, since that has less
calories, 'cause it's fish.
Drive-through guy: Fillet of Fish...
JB: Now if you could take a Coca-Cola, and just go half Coca-Cola, half Diet
Coke...'cause I'm tryin to watch my figure...Tryin to loose some of the weight.
Drive-through guy: You want half Coca-Cola, half...
JB: Um, and a SMALL, a *SMALL* Chocolate Shake. Because I'm tryin to watch my
figure, not a large, a small.
Drive-through guy: It come's in medium-small or medium-large.
JB: Um...
Drive-through guy: Small Chocolate Shake.
JB: Also a small seasoned-curlies
Drive-through guy: Seasoned-curlies...
JB: Small, seasoned-curlies.
Drive-through guy: Okay I got the small seasoned-curlies...western bacon
cheeseburger...
JB: Okay, uh...Fuck my ass, what else? Give me, uh...alright. Cherries Jubilee
and that's it.
Drive-through guy: Cherries Jubilee.
JB: Wait, Kage, what do you want?
KG: Ah...Jeez, let me have a...I think I want the regular, uh, western
bacon-cheeseburger, Large shake, um...
JB: Oh God! Come on with the order.
KG: I'm...
JB: Take forever.
KG: That's all I want. That's all I want...
JB: good. How much is that sir?
Drive-through guy: That'll be, uh, $14.75. At the window please, will you drive up?
JB: Do you have any money?
KG: Oh shoot, um, oh god. Yeah, I got...do you have s...I got like...
JB: Give it to me.
KG: Alright, here.
JB: Okay, we only have, uh...alright. I'm gonna need to cancel the last two
things on the order. Okay, thank you, let's go.
(Motor Sounds)
KG: Yeah?
JB: Let's go to this drive-thru.
(Motor Sounds)
KG: Oh good, I'm starvin'.
Drive-through guy: (mumbles)
JB: Yeah, um...ah
Drive-through guy: May I have your order?
JB: Yeah, hold on a second, I'm lookin' at the menu
Drive-through guy: okay
JB: ...ah l-
Drive-through guy: would you like special curly fries?
JB: Please, don't, don't offer me anything... I'll tell you what I want.
um...ok...you know how you have the six-piece nuggets?
Drive-through guys: six piece mcnuggets.
JB: Just, uh, can you give me just four nuggets? I'm, I'm tryin'to...
Drive through-guy: They come in six or twelve piece...do you want service?
JB: Shut up and listen to my order. Take the six nuggets, and throw two of them
away. I'm just wantin' a four-nugget thing. I'm tryin to watch my calorie
intake.
Drive-through guy: They come in six or twelve pieces sir...
JB: Put two of them up your ass, and give me four chicken mcnuggets. And then,
uh, can I have a junior western bacon chee? A JUNIOR western bacon chee. I'm
trying to watch my figure.
Drive-through guy: Western Bacon Cheeseburger...
JB: A JUNIOR Western Bacon Chee...
Drive-through guy: Would you like that with onions?
JB: No Onions.
Drive-through guy: Okay, Junior Bacon Chee...Total is $6.57
JB: Okay, and I'm gonna go with a fillet of fish sandwich, since that has less
calories, 'cause it's fish.
Drive-through guy: Fillet of Fish...
JB: Now if you could take a Coca-Cola, and just go half Coca-Cola, half Diet
Coke...'cause I'm tryin to watch my figure...Tryin to loose some of the weight.
Drive-through guy: You want half Coca-Cola, half...
JB: Um, and a SMALL, a *SMALL* Chocolate Shake. Because I'm tryin to watch my
figure, not a large, a small.
Drive-through guy: It come's in medium-small or medium-large.
JB: Um...
Drive-through guy: Small Chocolate Shake.
JB: Also a small seasoned-curlies
Drive-through guy: Seasoned-curlies...
JB: Small, seasoned-curlies.
Drive-through guy: Okay I got the small seasoned-curlies...western bacon
cheeseburger...
JB: Okay, uh...Fuck my ass, what else? Give me, uh...alright. Cherries Jubilee
and that's it.
Drive-through guy: Cherries Jubilee.
JB: Wait, Kage, what do you want?
KG: Ah...Jeez, let me have a...I think I want the regular, uh, western
bacon-cheeseburger, Large shake, um...
JB: Oh God! Come on with the order.
KG: I'm...
JB: Take forever.
KG: That's all I want. That's all I want...
JB: good. How much is that sir?
Drive-through guy: That'll be, uh, $14.75. At the window please, will you drive up?
JB: Do you have any money?
KG: Oh shoot, um, oh god. Yeah, I got...do you have s...I got like...
JB: Give it to me.
KG: Alright, here.
JB: Okay, we only have, uh...alright. I'm gonna need to cancel the last two
things on the order. Okay, thank you, let's go.
(Motor Sounds)
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