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.
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love
Yeah yeah (hey yeah) what's the matter with your head (oh yeah)
Yeah yeah (hey yeah), what's the matter with your mind and your sign and oh yeah
(Hmm) How am I gonna get it baby gonna get my loving?
Talk to me tell me how I'm gonna get it
I'm ready for you baby, ready for your loving
Don't make me wait 'cause I really need to get it
Yeah yeah (hey yeah) With it baby 'cause you're fine and you're mine, and you
look so divine
Come and get your love, come and get your love (Come and get your love)
Come and get your love, whoa yeah, come and get your love
Yeah yeah (hey yeah) what's the matter with you feel right, don't you feel right baby,
yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah), look at it from the mainline, all right
(Hmm) How I'm gonna get it baby gonna get my loving?
Talk to me tell me how I'm gonna get it
I'm ready for you baby, ready for your loving,
don't make me wait 'cause I really need to get it
Yeah yeah (hey yeah), it's your business if you want some
take some, get it together baby
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now
(Hmm) Whutcha waiting for 'cause I'm ready for your loving
come on take it come on get it if you want it
What's the matter, what's the problem, get together and
we're easily gonna solve it
Chorus several times
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love
Yeah yeah (hey yeah) what's the matter with your head (oh yeah)
Yeah yeah (hey yeah), what's the matter with your mind and your sign and oh yeah
(Hmm) How am I gonna get it baby gonna get my loving?
Talk to me tell me how I'm gonna get it
I'm ready for you baby, ready for your loving
Don't make me wait 'cause I really need to get it
Yeah yeah (hey yeah) With it baby 'cause you're fine and you're mine, and you
look so divine
Come and get your love, come and get your love (Come and get your love)
Come and get your love, whoa yeah, come and get your love
Yeah yeah (hey yeah) what's the matter with you feel right, don't you feel right baby,
yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah), look at it from the mainline, all right
(Hmm) How I'm gonna get it baby gonna get my loving?
Talk to me tell me how I'm gonna get it
I'm ready for you baby, ready for your loving,
don't make me wait 'cause I really need to get it
Yeah yeah (hey yeah), it's your business if you want some
take some, get it together baby
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now
(Hmm) Whutcha waiting for 'cause I'm ready for your loving
come on take it come on get it if you want it
What's the matter, what's the problem, get together and
we're easily gonna solve it
Chorus several times
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