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.
I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice
Shadows of a man
A face through a window
Crying in the night
The night goes into
Morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Lookin' in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
How happy you made me, oh Mandy
Well you came and you left without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away
Standing on the edge of time
I walked away when love was mine
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing
The tears are in my eyes
And nothing is rhyming
Morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Lookin' in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
How happy you made me, oh Mandy
Well you came and you left without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away, oh Mandy
Yesterday's a dream
I face the morning
Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling, oh Mandy
Well you came and you left without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away
You came and you gave without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
You kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away, oh Mandy
Raining down as cold as ice
Shadows of a man
A face through a window
Crying in the night
The night goes into
Morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Lookin' in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
How happy you made me, oh Mandy
Well you came and you left without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away
Standing on the edge of time
I walked away when love was mine
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing
The tears are in my eyes
And nothing is rhyming
Morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Lookin' in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
How happy you made me, oh Mandy
Well you came and you left without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away, oh Mandy
Yesterday's a dream
I face the morning
Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling, oh Mandy
Well you came and you left without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away
You came and you gave without takin'
But I sent you away, oh Mandy
You kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I sent you away, oh Mandy
Lyrics submitted by wiseaimee
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