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.
Wide awakened out of spinning
Round the safest orbit
You controlled the ordinary
I was grateful for it
Wide awake in the beginning
Trembling after the fall
Only half my world remembers
While the other half revolves
Cut off 'cause I can't remember
A face that could cut me deeper
But hearts could never leave me bleeding
Becoming the cause and burden
The lesson begins unlearning
And it has never been forgiving my dear
It's all too familiar
I've been here before
I'll carry this weight for your smallest reward
Because I'll continue to break down the door
Just let me in I swear
It will not be like before
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
Collecting the strangest conscience
Apathy returns it's offense
But only after I get moving
Relax and being the change
In time for the newest age
To help me find out what I'm missing in here
It's all too familiar
I've been here before
I'll carry this weight for your smallest reward
'Cause I'll continue to break down the door
Just let me in I swear
It will not be like before
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
I covered all the ground
'Til I uncovered our design
And every second I have spent
Has come to remind me in time
Wide awakened out of spinning
Round the safest orbit
You controlled the ordinary
I was grateful for it
I was grateful for it
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
Round the safest orbit
You controlled the ordinary
I was grateful for it
Wide awake in the beginning
Trembling after the fall
Only half my world remembers
While the other half revolves
Cut off 'cause I can't remember
A face that could cut me deeper
But hearts could never leave me bleeding
Becoming the cause and burden
The lesson begins unlearning
And it has never been forgiving my dear
It's all too familiar
I've been here before
I'll carry this weight for your smallest reward
Because I'll continue to break down the door
Just let me in I swear
It will not be like before
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
Collecting the strangest conscience
Apathy returns it's offense
But only after I get moving
Relax and being the change
In time for the newest age
To help me find out what I'm missing in here
It's all too familiar
I've been here before
I'll carry this weight for your smallest reward
'Cause I'll continue to break down the door
Just let me in I swear
It will not be like before
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
I covered all the ground
'Til I uncovered our design
And every second I have spent
Has come to remind me in time
Wide awakened out of spinning
Round the safest orbit
You controlled the ordinary
I was grateful for it
I was grateful for it
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
Can't think of what to say
Can't think of what to do
I just think I might be losing my mind
Can't stop this agony
Cancel my therapy 'cause
I just thought of you
And now I feel fine
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