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.
Sometimes I wake up when I'm falling asleep
I think that maybe the curtains are closing on me
But I wake up, yes I wake up smiling
[Chorus]
So what I feel fine
I'm okay, I've seen the lighter side of life
I'm alright I feel good
So ill go, ill try to start moving
Sometimes I wake up and I'm falling asleep
But I've got to get going, so much that I wanted to do
But I wake up smiling
And this could be my last chance
Of saving my innocence
And this could be my last chance
No more keeping my feet on the ground
Sometimes I feel the chance is surprising
Surprisingly good to be moving around
And I move, and I wake up smiling
[Chorus]
And this could be my last chance
Of saving my innocence
And this could be my last chance
No more keeping my feet on the ground
And there's nothing to keep them
Nothing to keep them down
And there's nothing to keep them
There's nothing to keep them down.
I think that maybe the curtains are closing on me
But I wake up, yes I wake up smiling
[Chorus]
So what I feel fine
I'm okay, I've seen the lighter side of life
I'm alright I feel good
So ill go, ill try to start moving
Sometimes I wake up and I'm falling asleep
But I've got to get going, so much that I wanted to do
But I wake up smiling
And this could be my last chance
Of saving my innocence
And this could be my last chance
No more keeping my feet on the ground
Sometimes I feel the chance is surprising
Surprisingly good to be moving around
And I move, and I wake up smiling
[Chorus]
And this could be my last chance
Of saving my innocence
And this could be my last chance
No more keeping my feet on the ground
And there's nothing to keep them
Nothing to keep them down
And there's nothing to keep them
There's nothing to keep them down.
Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by Mellow_Harsher, l20something121
No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground Lyrics as written by Guy Rupert Berryman Christopher Anthony John Martin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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It's all very paradoxical. And well written.
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That is while totally awake, his brain kind of "shuts down" and he is off to another world . I mean, everybody has his or her own problems and "gotta get going", yet pressing the pause button can make him smile . It helps him to "start moving on" again .
But soon innocence desapear, it's all an illusion and he has to go back to the real world, the active life .
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