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.
Cellophane flowers never happened for me
I've been sleeping the day off, watching the night fall, covering nowhere
Filling my timeshare
There's a woman in the mirror in a fiery state
As she motions to me, I start turning a way
And she's lifting her dress up,
Trying to keep up
Oh, you'd be surprised!
How we race
While our lives
Erased
Another alone on an everyday night
Thinking the morning, looking for alright, warming blood flow with poison
I don't know why
Maybe the rain will stop following me
Dripping the colors, running the daylight, over the cloudburst
Hoping I don't burst
Right before my eyes!
Erased our lives
Erased
We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
Now we know we're lost lost in nowhere now
Maybe the rain'll stop following me
With millions of colors reflected in daylight
Right on the kick drum
Turning the sound up, oh!
(Our lives) Another alone on an everyday night
I think in the morning I think I'll be alright (Erased)
Watching the blood flow
No wonder I don't know why (Our lives)
There's a woman in the mirror in a fiery state
She motions to me, I start pulling away (Erased)
She's lifting her dress up
All the way up, oh!
Don't look surprised
Erased
Our lives
Erased
Our lives
Erased
I've been sleeping the day off, watching the night fall, covering nowhere
Filling my timeshare
There's a woman in the mirror in a fiery state
As she motions to me, I start turning a way
And she's lifting her dress up,
Trying to keep up
Oh, you'd be surprised!
How we race
While our lives
Erased
Another alone on an everyday night
Thinking the morning, looking for alright, warming blood flow with poison
I don't know why
Maybe the rain will stop following me
Dripping the colors, running the daylight, over the cloudburst
Hoping I don't burst
Right before my eyes!
Erased our lives
Erased
We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
We know we're lost, we're lost, we're nowhere now
Now we know we're lost lost in nowhere now
Maybe the rain'll stop following me
With millions of colors reflected in daylight
Right on the kick drum
Turning the sound up, oh!
(Our lives) Another alone on an everyday night
I think in the morning I think I'll be alright (Erased)
Watching the blood flow
No wonder I don't know why (Our lives)
There's a woman in the mirror in a fiery state
She motions to me, I start pulling away (Erased)
She's lifting her dress up
All the way up, oh!
Don't look surprised
Erased
Our lives
Erased
Our lives
Erased
Lyrics submitted by RaineBM1185
Nowhere Again Lyrics as written by Brandon Curtis Benjamin David Curtis
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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