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.
Sit down, please make yourself comfortable...
I might need some time
To dance around what I need to say,
I love you to death, I think I need a break.
I spend my days worried out loud,
I gag in my head, I choke it back down.
It hurts me inside to save your insides,
So close my lips tight, move eyes to the side.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy if you burnout like a star.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy like a fifty foot fall.
And I'm waiting, for whatever better time...
To evict these words that have rented out my mind.
And I'm hating every minute that I don't speak out loud,
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Relax on this bed of nails, on this plastic sheet,
Your blood leaves a trail right back to me.
A problem you see.
Would you please allow a moment to think?
I might need some time
To dance around what I need to say,
I love you to death, I think I need a break.
I spend my days worried out loud,
I gag in my head, I choke it back down.
It hurts me inside to save your insides,
So close my lips tight, move eyes to the side.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy if you burnout like a star.
This is the way we disappear.
It's easy like a fifty foot fall.
And I'm waiting, for whatever better time...
To evict these words that have rented out my mind.
And I'm hating every minute that I don't speak out loud,
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Like a year laying down
Relax on this bed of nails, on this plastic sheet,
Your blood leaves a trail right back to me.
A problem you see.
Would you please allow a moment to think?
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That's what the insert says:
Sit down, please make yourself comfortable… I might need some time to dance around what I need to say, I love you to death, I think I need a break. I spend my days worried out loud, at least in my head, then choke ‘em back down. It hurts me inside to save your insides, so close my lips tight, move eyes to the side. This is the way we disappear, it’s easy if you burn out like a star, this is the way we disappear, it’s easy like a fifty foot fall. And I’m waiting, for whatever better, time… to evict these words that have rented out my mind. And I’m hating every minute that I don’t speak load, like a year laying down, like a year laying down, like a year laying down, relax on this bed of nails, on this plastic sheet, your blood leaves a trail right back to me, a problem you see. Would you please allow a moment to think.