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.
Sounds are cutoff short
They make up rhythms
And pixelated many pixel food
Well I thought I found a way
To lay the joystick down
A girl with eyes the color of pea soup
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
Nah nah nah nah
?
Besides she lost her cloak just yesterday
The dry cleaners must have mixed
The tickets up and so
She got some guys
Leather three piece suit instead
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
They make up rhythms
And pixelated many pixel food
Well I thought I found a way
To lay the joystick down
A girl with eyes the color of pea soup
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
Nah nah nah nah
?
Besides she lost her cloak just yesterday
The dry cleaners must have mixed
The tickets up and so
She got some guys
Leather three piece suit instead
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
And there's a flame
There's a spark
But she beat my high score
So say goodbye
There's the door
I can't see you anymore
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I think this song is about the fragile male ego. First time I heard it I thought maybe she's taller than him, or smarter, or there's something better about her that he just can't get over even though she's got this fire, this passion that he wants. I'm not sure what the bit about the dry cleaners is about though.
ive always thought that this song was like an escape for the singer, and the drycleaner stuff if implying his girlfriend cheated on him and how she beat his high score is just a reason for them to break up without him having to face that she cheated on him
the chorus to this song is almost better than penut butter and jelly. you have to be brain dead to not enjoy say hi to your mom.
no not in a ...beret?
it's: 'no not in an invisible way'
Video games are the greatest quandry in a relationship. You want to win to impress a girl, but, you also want to make her feel special by letting her win, at the same time. But when she just beats you naturally......
Well it's embarrasing.
i just started downloading these bitches recomendation of Yahoo music and and there's a flame there's a spark but she beat my high score so say goodbye there's the door i can't see you anymore
lmfao wow those are the most amazing lyrics i have ever heard
it's cute and funny
What's a three piece suit?
A three piece suit is the little undershirt, the coat, and the pants. Does anyone have this tabbed out?
Mwaha.
in the beginning i think its "pixelated men eat pixel food" anyway, i think this song is brilliant. say hi to your mom is all about the lyrics, and these lyrics rock. i think this song is what originally got me hooked.