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.
okay already: i'm here to tell you i'm having yet another shitty day.
i swear, sometimes my shitty days run into each other giving me a shitty weeks.
i think i'm in the middle of a shitty month... that's shitty!
my goddamn arm is totally fucked up.
i want to cut it off at the elbow.
i don't know what the fucking problem is! i mean, i'm a hygienic clean girl.
i smell good ya know... clean... squeaky!
strawberry glycerin scented soap everyday, all over me everywhere, come here...
smell me. taste me. good, hey?
okay, you can stop now 'cuz you're making me feel uncomfortable.
i hardly know you.
anyways, the point i'm making is i'm a well-bathed clean little girl, so then...
what the fuck is up with my arm?
it absolutely has devastated me.
it grosses me out.
it hurts like a bastard,
opposed to when i was having it done and it hurt like a bitch.
in the bible it says you're not supposed to mutilate or decorate your body,
'cuz god will get really cheezed at you,
but that guy jesus died for are sins right?
so i figure when i get to heaven,
right before i have a drink with bob karsnarik and andrew wood,
i'll get an appointment with god and explain to him,
"i could wear long sleeve shirts and no one would see them!"
i hope he goes for it.
i bet krishna and those dudes would let me hang out at their pad if god was too bummed at me.
or i could just wait at the gates for my mom,
'cuz she'll outlive me, and then she could go talk to him about me,
kinda like she did when i got suspended in grade
10 for smoking in the boys' washroom and she had to schmooze the principal.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yet another shitty day.
sometimes i swear my shitty days run into each other,
giving me a shitty weeks.
i think i'm in the middle of a shitty month: that's: shitty!
i swear, sometimes my shitty days run into each other giving me a shitty weeks.
i think i'm in the middle of a shitty month... that's shitty!
my goddamn arm is totally fucked up.
i want to cut it off at the elbow.
i don't know what the fucking problem is! i mean, i'm a hygienic clean girl.
i smell good ya know... clean... squeaky!
strawberry glycerin scented soap everyday, all over me everywhere, come here...
smell me. taste me. good, hey?
okay, you can stop now 'cuz you're making me feel uncomfortable.
i hardly know you.
anyways, the point i'm making is i'm a well-bathed clean little girl, so then...
what the fuck is up with my arm?
it absolutely has devastated me.
it grosses me out.
it hurts like a bastard,
opposed to when i was having it done and it hurt like a bitch.
in the bible it says you're not supposed to mutilate or decorate your body,
'cuz god will get really cheezed at you,
but that guy jesus died for are sins right?
so i figure when i get to heaven,
right before i have a drink with bob karsnarik and andrew wood,
i'll get an appointment with god and explain to him,
"i could wear long sleeve shirts and no one would see them!"
i hope he goes for it.
i bet krishna and those dudes would let me hang out at their pad if god was too bummed at me.
or i could just wait at the gates for my mom,
'cuz she'll outlive me, and then she could go talk to him about me,
kinda like she did when i got suspended in grade
10 for smoking in the boys' washroom and she had to schmooze the principal.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yet another shitty day.
sometimes i swear my shitty days run into each other,
giving me a shitty weeks.
i think i'm in the middle of a shitty month: that's: shitty!
Lyrics submitted by ChErRyCoLa
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oh wow i love these lyrics. if i wasn't in class, I think i would be laughing right about now. I have to go and download this song now. lol