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.
i strapped my memories to my back i'm leaving. i'm already gone. and i was on a train somewhere wishing sweet stings to you. to make you never forget the poetry in wanting. i want those days to hold you
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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ive never heard the song but just reading the lyrics makes me love the song : )
You should download the song or buy their cd from deepelm.com This is an amazing song. Who hasn't felt like this at some point in their lives? He wants to forget everything that is holding back, he's trying to get through it all. That person he can't forget, he's trying to forget, but it's hard, he wants them to know how he feels, he wants them to feel the pain that he feels, the regret, the hope, he wants this person to be reminded each and every day about what went wrong, and the memories that seem to never fade.
'i strapped my memories to my back i'm leaving' ....perfect. but i just cant seem to leave.
need i say more?
i love it. i think i'm too emotional for my own good. i'm going to go cry.
i hear you dude...
I've read alot of songs and they are good lyrically wise. Just on the short side.
awesome song, really puts things into perspective well for me anyway "on a train to somewhere wishing sweet stings to you"
Wow a long time since the last comments on this song - quite a shame because I think this is my favourite song ever written. It reminds me of a day 4 years ago a cold december day where I took a train to Birmingham with some friends - right in the midst of my head being ruined by a girl who lived a couple thousand miles away and really feeling the distance and looking out the train window at the sky - everything was 'poetry in wanting' and for her to remember the time we did spend together - 'those days to hold you' - and for it to take a hold on her the way it did to me.
ends up she was a bitch anyway but hey