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 think I'm crazy, baby, let you off the hook to easy
If you were a telephone, you'd still be off the hook
This is my last leg, been awake for days
In a minute I'll die of starvation
I'll come back a ghost if I can haunt you
and float around your room
What do I do when you get close?
If I kissed your neck, would you slit my throat?
Are you thinking of me when you're putting on your
makeup, darling, and dying your hair like you do
Well you're wasting time if you're trying to impress
me
I waste all my time just thinking of you
And I'm not imagining how you give me the shivers, standing up to your waste in your river
You're the sweetest boat-builder I think I've ever seen
Dream in Japanese, dream in Japanese,
some language I don't even know how to speak
You're still pretty and I am still choked up,
it's probably just the same
The more I hang around you,
the more hang-ups I get (more hang-ups I get)
Are you thinking of me when you're putting on your makeup, darling, and dying your hair like you do? (dying your hair like you do)
Well you're wasting time if you're trying to impress me
I waste all my time just thinking of you
I know that you're an angel,
though you could never stay true (you could never stay true)
Hey angel, I think your halo has a screw loose,
'cause you dropped me like a brick off the rooftop of your high school
Could I watch the next time you're applying your eyeliner?
I waste all my time just thinking of you
If you were a telephone, you'd still be off the hook
This is my last leg, been awake for days
In a minute I'll die of starvation
I'll come back a ghost if I can haunt you
and float around your room
What do I do when you get close?
If I kissed your neck, would you slit my throat?
Are you thinking of me when you're putting on your
makeup, darling, and dying your hair like you do
Well you're wasting time if you're trying to impress
me
I waste all my time just thinking of you
And I'm not imagining how you give me the shivers, standing up to your waste in your river
You're the sweetest boat-builder I think I've ever seen
Dream in Japanese, dream in Japanese,
some language I don't even know how to speak
You're still pretty and I am still choked up,
it's probably just the same
The more I hang around you,
the more hang-ups I get (more hang-ups I get)
Are you thinking of me when you're putting on your makeup, darling, and dying your hair like you do? (dying your hair like you do)
Well you're wasting time if you're trying to impress me
I waste all my time just thinking of you
I know that you're an angel,
though you could never stay true (you could never stay true)
Hey angel, I think your halo has a screw loose,
'cause you dropped me like a brick off the rooftop of your high school
Could I watch the next time you're applying your eyeliner?
I waste all my time just thinking of you
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
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