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.
Nervously you lit your cigarette
Hey beautiful why did you start again
You interrupt me with, "How are you doing?"
Well I love my life and the music that I'm grooving
You pause and slowly hang your head
I don't think I can take this again
Flat out it wasn't shiny and new
What's a young boy gotta do for you?
You look really good my baby I ain't gonna lie
But take one minute and shed your skin
It'll be the best thing in your life
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
I wish what I got was enough to be lovin'
Your heart's stone cold, won't let nobody in there
Not much changed and it's all too familiar
Your heart's stone cold and it's making me sadder
Just to think true love really didn't even matter
Your heart's stone cold and nothing is gonna change
Your eyes look empty, lost in the sadness
Faking a smile and it's worse than the madness
I don't need you, I'm a little bit stronger
You say it's been a while, it's gonna be a while longer
I've never seen you like this before
You asking me for more
There's no going back to yesterday
Who would want to anyway
You look really good my baby I'm not gonna lie
But take one minute and shed your skin
It'll be the best thing in your life
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
I wish what I got was enough to be lovin'
Your heart's stone cold won't let nobody in there
Not much changed and it's all too familiar
Your heart's stone cold and it's making me sadder
Just to think true love really didn't even matter
Your heart's stone cold and nothing is gonna change
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
You can't feel nothing, you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Hey beautiful why did you start again
You interrupt me with, "How are you doing?"
Well I love my life and the music that I'm grooving
You pause and slowly hang your head
I don't think I can take this again
Flat out it wasn't shiny and new
What's a young boy gotta do for you?
You look really good my baby I ain't gonna lie
But take one minute and shed your skin
It'll be the best thing in your life
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
I wish what I got was enough to be lovin'
Your heart's stone cold, won't let nobody in there
Not much changed and it's all too familiar
Your heart's stone cold and it's making me sadder
Just to think true love really didn't even matter
Your heart's stone cold and nothing is gonna change
Your eyes look empty, lost in the sadness
Faking a smile and it's worse than the madness
I don't need you, I'm a little bit stronger
You say it's been a while, it's gonna be a while longer
I've never seen you like this before
You asking me for more
There's no going back to yesterday
Who would want to anyway
You look really good my baby I'm not gonna lie
But take one minute and shed your skin
It'll be the best thing in your life
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
I wish what I got was enough to be lovin'
Your heart's stone cold won't let nobody in there
Not much changed and it's all too familiar
Your heart's stone cold and it's making me sadder
Just to think true love really didn't even matter
Your heart's stone cold and nothing is gonna change
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
You can't feel nothing, you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
Your heart's stone cold and you can't feel nothing
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or maybe its lit. I don't know.
First off, I think it's "lit." That makes the most sense.
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it's: "You look really good my baby I ain't gonna lie..."
for the first couple choruses
for me its like a guy who likes someone, and yet he feels that his efforts was left unnoticed.