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.
Searching through the dark empty unknown hallways of my mind
At the end, it seems all I could find?is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
I look into the cracks and see the fallen pictures of me and you
So happy, that twinkle in your eye still there
I feel a soft tear guide its way down my face unto my soft lips the ones you onced lovingly kissed?
Driving home that night, that seemed to happen so long ago, the stars seemed to have twinkled more, the sky more soft when I was around you
The night air, in its crisp vastness touches our faces, as we drive along
This road is meant to be empty for you and me
Silence singing its sweet melody is flowing through my mind, going by the special place I had for you in my heart
All these are, is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
The silence fading away as my drowsy mind comes to reality
Jagged sounds of screeching breaks is all I can hear
I take a look and the last thing I do before the two headlights hit?
Is take your hand and pass you a scared look, only to be comforted by your soft eyes
All these are, is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
I wake up
Your not there
Only things there to comfort me are the hollow eyes of strangers
To my side, I see your eyes
But they now your soft eyes are fogged out by death
Searching through the dark empty unknown hallways of my mind
At the end, it seems all I could find?is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
At the end, it seems all I could find?is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
I look into the cracks and see the fallen pictures of me and you
So happy, that twinkle in your eye still there
I feel a soft tear guide its way down my face unto my soft lips the ones you onced lovingly kissed?
Driving home that night, that seemed to happen so long ago, the stars seemed to have twinkled more, the sky more soft when I was around you
The night air, in its crisp vastness touches our faces, as we drive along
This road is meant to be empty for you and me
Silence singing its sweet melody is flowing through my mind, going by the special place I had for you in my heart
All these are, is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
The silence fading away as my drowsy mind comes to reality
Jagged sounds of screeching breaks is all I can hear
I take a look and the last thing I do before the two headlights hit?
Is take your hand and pass you a scared look, only to be comforted by your soft eyes
All these are, is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
I wake up
Your not there
Only things there to comfort me are the hollow eyes of strangers
To my side, I see your eyes
But they now your soft eyes are fogged out by death
Searching through the dark empty unknown hallways of my mind
At the end, it seems all I could find?is some old dusty memories fought unknowingly back by myself, the battle to forget now proves to have failed?
Lyrics submitted by xTBSx
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ugh, the damn question marks like: the battle to forget now proves to have failed? And, I take a look and the last thing I do before the two headlights hit? R NOT SUPPOSED TO B THERE, the other question marks are'nt either, so just ignore them