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.
Make me a boat
Away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky
There's nothing here to hold me now
And I got no more tears to cry
Grant me a wish just one more kiss
Oh baby kiss me till the daylight's through
These are days of make believe
But there ain't nothing any fool can do
Pin another dream on my
'cause the night is bearing down
Baby let's got all the way this time
Sing me the truth sweet bird of youth
I got some trouble trying to understand
Beneath the veils of mystery
Are these the movements of an unseen hand
Our arms are full of sunken treasure baby
Now our heads are filled with perfect sound
But do we truly see it hey
Till we're placing it in the ground
Take just what you need from me
'cause the night is bearing down
Baby let't go all the way this time
Frost on my windowpane is forming
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Baby let's go all the way this time
Won't you take me all the way this time
Baby let's go all the way this time
Make me a boat
Away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky
Away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky
There's nothing here to hold me now
And I got no more tears to cry
Grant me a wish just one more kiss
Oh baby kiss me till the daylight's through
These are days of make believe
But there ain't nothing any fool can do
Pin another dream on my
'cause the night is bearing down
Baby let's got all the way this time
Sing me the truth sweet bird of youth
I got some trouble trying to understand
Beneath the veils of mystery
Are these the movements of an unseen hand
Our arms are full of sunken treasure baby
Now our heads are filled with perfect sound
But do we truly see it hey
Till we're placing it in the ground
Take just what you need from me
'cause the night is bearing down
Baby let't go all the way this time
Frost on my windowpane is forming
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Don't pin that line on me oh no
Baby let's go all the way this time
Won't you take me all the way this time
Baby let's go all the way this time
Make me a boat
Away I'll float
Into the stillness of a pure blue sky
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Personally, I agree with they say this was written for his father. However, I think in the song he is talking to a lover. He clearly has intense emotions bearing down on him but he asks the lover to grant him one wish... to give him affection to take his mind off of the depression that surrounds him.
I also thought these lines were intriguing: "Now our heads are filled with perfect sound But do we truly see it hey till we're placing it in the ground" I think that he may be suggesting that perhaps, there is beauty around us but he also asks if we see it before one of our loved ones dies. He asks this because he has obviously found beauty in his lover following the death of his loved one. Maybe he thinks that he unfortunately didn't realize, or appreciate, before the death.
The fuzzy rhythmic beat at the beginning emphasizes the monotony of dealing with death and depression. Yet, interestingly, it suddenly becomes lighter once he speaks of his lover, as if they are the ones who brightens his dreary world.
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