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 walk around in the market
Late at night
I walk around in the empty aisles
And I don't know why
I need to be
Close to the light
So I walk around
In the middle of the night
I drive around in the neighborhood
I want to lose my house
Drive around on the freeway
Guess I want to lose myself
Turn the key
Turn the dial
Listen to the radio
And just drive for a while
Yeah, I got no place to go
I wish I
Could come home
To a life that looks like a TV show
Wish I
Could see
My television family waiting for me
Where no one fights
No one screams
No one lies
And no one leaves
I don't care how the story ends
I want to feel like I'm living again
I drive away from the city
Need to see the sky
Drive away from the bad things
That make me close my eyes
Leave it all
In the past
Drive away
Going nowhere fast
Yeah, now I got nowhere to go
I wish I
Could go home
To a life that looks like a TV show
Wish I
Could see
My television family waiting for me
Where no one fights
And no one screams
No one lies
And no one leaves
I don't care how the story ends
I want to feel like I used to feel
I want to feel like I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
Breathing out
And breathing in
Whoa
I'm living again
Walk away from the circles
Need to find myself
I think I need to start over
Need to start making sense
Breathe out
Breathe in
I wish I could start all over again
I wish I could do it all over again
I wish I
Could come home
To a life like the one that I used to know
I wish I
Could someday see
Everything back the way it used to be
Where no one cries
No one screams
No one hits you
And no one leaves
Everybody loves how the story ends
All the bad guys lose
And the good guys win
I wish I could do it all over again
I want to feel someday
I can really start living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I am living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
Yes, I'm living again
Late at night
I walk around in the empty aisles
And I don't know why
I need to be
Close to the light
So I walk around
In the middle of the night
I drive around in the neighborhood
I want to lose my house
Drive around on the freeway
Guess I want to lose myself
Turn the key
Turn the dial
Listen to the radio
And just drive for a while
Yeah, I got no place to go
I wish I
Could come home
To a life that looks like a TV show
Wish I
Could see
My television family waiting for me
Where no one fights
No one screams
No one lies
And no one leaves
I don't care how the story ends
I want to feel like I'm living again
I drive away from the city
Need to see the sky
Drive away from the bad things
That make me close my eyes
Leave it all
In the past
Drive away
Going nowhere fast
Yeah, now I got nowhere to go
I wish I
Could go home
To a life that looks like a TV show
Wish I
Could see
My television family waiting for me
Where no one fights
And no one screams
No one lies
And no one leaves
I don't care how the story ends
I want to feel like I used to feel
I want to feel like I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
Breathing out
And breathing in
Whoa
I'm living again
Walk away from the circles
Need to find myself
I think I need to start over
Need to start making sense
Breathe out
Breathe in
I wish I could start all over again
I wish I could do it all over again
I wish I
Could come home
To a life like the one that I used to know
I wish I
Could someday see
Everything back the way it used to be
Where no one cries
No one screams
No one hits you
And no one leaves
Everybody loves how the story ends
All the bad guys lose
And the good guys win
I wish I could do it all over again
I want to feel someday
I can really start living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I am living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
I'm living again
Whoa
Yes, I'm living again
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"Everybody knows how the story ends All the bad guys lose and the good guys win"
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