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.
Houston, we have a problem
All this TV has made us dumb
Anxious is what we've become
Too much prozac in our systems
It's our mental condition
It's our mental condition
One thing lacks is education
Institutions fuck with our
Emotions are elastic
They stretch out and back
Stretch out and back
Sometimes they just snap
They don't go back
They never go back
What if it were true
That you weren't so blue
And you felt like you
Could just do anything
But we're facing the sunset
And for a moment it
Looks like it's rising
And we are on the other side of things
There's no procrastination maybe I should do it get to it straight
I see people wasting time with so much pointless debate
I can't wait for the over analytical politically correct
Upset by threats to the national mindset
I bet we'd let reverse psychology mob mentality over our ecology
A college we could learn but we usually we burn and then we waste it
Taste it time and time again it's time to take your medicine
Emotions are elastic
They stretch out and back
Stretch out and back
Sometimes they just snap
They don't go back
They never go back
What if it were true
That you weren't so blue
And you felt like you
Could just do anything
But we're facing the sunset
And for a moment it
Looks like it's rising
And we are on the other side of things
What if it were true
That you weren't so blue
And you felt like you
Could just do anything
But we're facing the sunset
And for a moment it
Looks like it's rising
And we are on the other side of things
Side of things
All this TV has made us dumb
Anxious is what we've become
Too much prozac in our systems
It's our mental condition
It's our mental condition
One thing lacks is education
Institutions fuck with our
Emotions are elastic
They stretch out and back
Stretch out and back
Sometimes they just snap
They don't go back
They never go back
What if it were true
That you weren't so blue
And you felt like you
Could just do anything
But we're facing the sunset
And for a moment it
Looks like it's rising
And we are on the other side of things
There's no procrastination maybe I should do it get to it straight
I see people wasting time with so much pointless debate
I can't wait for the over analytical politically correct
Upset by threats to the national mindset
I bet we'd let reverse psychology mob mentality over our ecology
A college we could learn but we usually we burn and then we waste it
Taste it time and time again it's time to take your medicine
Emotions are elastic
They stretch out and back
Stretch out and back
Sometimes they just snap
They don't go back
They never go back
What if it were true
That you weren't so blue
And you felt like you
Could just do anything
But we're facing the sunset
And for a moment it
Looks like it's rising
And we are on the other side of things
What if it were true
That you weren't so blue
And you felt like you
Could just do anything
But we're facing the sunset
And for a moment it
Looks like it's rising
And we are on the other side of things
Side of things
Lyrics submitted by SoccrFwd13
Other Side of Things Lyrics as written by Douglas Martinez Chad Sexton
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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both of you are correct, in my opinion. parts of this song talk about optimism, and parts of it also talk about the lack of education or value of it in today's society. alot of 311 songs can have 2 major meanings. I believe the reason for that is Nick and SA can each say different things or have different perspectives on the same idea.