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.
With the error that's in my mind
And in my soul
I'm driving blind
I got a picture in the box
That is bringing me to where I am
Yet the eyes are all affixed on you not me
For driving blind
And the first time will be the last time
That you believe
You're falling as you decide
Face down the whole world wide
Before cannot be retrieved
From all the way up here there's no end
I'm flying high
But the worst is never first
And there's a person that'll set you straight
Cancelling the force within my brain
For flying high
The simulator has been disengaged
Indifference begins to take sides
Face down the whole world wide
Before cannot be retrieved
From all the way up here there's no end
I'm flying high
But the worst is never first
And there's a person that'll set you straight
And in my soul
I'm driving blind
I got a picture in the box
That is bringing me to where I am
Yet the eyes are all affixed on you not me
For driving blind
And the first time will be the last time
That you believe
You're falling as you decide
Face down the whole world wide
Before cannot be retrieved
From all the way up here there's no end
I'm flying high
But the worst is never first
And there's a person that'll set you straight
Cancelling the force within my brain
For flying high
The simulator has been disengaged
Indifference begins to take sides
Face down the whole world wide
Before cannot be retrieved
From all the way up here there's no end
I'm flying high
But the worst is never first
And there's a person that'll set you straight
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This song is fuckin' awesome the riff is one of the best i've heard, i brought the volume 1 album a week ago and have been listening to it every day since and this quickly became my fave song of the album anyone who hasn't heard it SHOULD DO!!!!!