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.
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
If they think they can tell us all of their problems
If they think we’d listen if we had a clue, yeah
Well I'm going to tell them something that's good and evil, yeah
If we don't then we'll give in to something far too strong
So keep strong, keep strong
Going deeper and deeper into the debt
Going deeper and deeper into depression
All the time they're making you bad, boy, boy, boy, boy
All the time they're making you bad, boy
So keep strong, keep strong
Anyone can be a millionaire
Anyone can have a big black car and a phone
(Yes, yes, yes)
Because it's just as easy, they’ll rot in hell
Because it's just as easy, they're all fat bastards and
Nothing at all, keep strong
Hey
Hey
Keep strong, keep strong
Yeah, oh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Yeah, and if you want to be rich
Then you got to be a bastard
But, but if you can't be a bastard
Then you might as well just sit in front of your television
And spend the rest of your life like a fucking zombie
Keep strong, keep strong
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
If they think they can tell us all of their problems
If they think we’d listen if we had a clue, yeah
Well I'm going to tell them something that's good and evil, yeah
If we don't then we'll give in to something far too strong
So keep strong, keep strong
Going deeper and deeper into the debt
Going deeper and deeper into depression
All the time they're making you bad, boy, boy, boy, boy
All the time they're making you bad, boy
So keep strong, keep strong
Anyone can be a millionaire
Anyone can have a big black car and a phone
(Yes, yes, yes)
Because it's just as easy, they’ll rot in hell
Because it's just as easy, they're all fat bastards and
Nothing at all, keep strong
Hey
Hey
Keep strong, keep strong
Yeah, oh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Yeah, and if you want to be rich
Then you got to be a bastard
But, but if you can't be a bastard
Then you might as well just sit in front of your television
And spend the rest of your life like a fucking zombie
Keep strong, keep strong
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28
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where dya get these songs?
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