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'm a shooting star, gonna crash and burn, baby, crash and burn
My flaming avatar, its my turn girl, my turn to combust to dust
I don't care if its my destiny, its just the way things were meant to be
Please baby do not frown as i drown in a pool of insanity
You know i don't have a clue why Breadfan and the Prince answer The Sandman
Its prepostrous, he's an imposter, can't you see it man
I guess i'm just crazy, Tetragonian, crazy
Probably the only one who sees the truth
Nevermind, there's Too Many Humans, all Sheep, so fucking what?
I just ain't gonna last, I'm a Social Outkast, i'm wandering, i'm lost.
Gonna do some Territorial Pissing, you don't know what you are missing till you've tried
Spraying around, i dunno what i found, but whatever it was it lied.
Lifes just so dim, it does exactly what it says on the tin
No 2nd chances, you pay for your advances, no matter how much you try to get in
Yeah i lay back on the blue grasses, watching the Aurora Borealis
Making love through my looking glass with this girl called Alice
Sure whats the difference between me and you but a point of view?
More than enough, i guess the zeitgeist will do.
Come As You Are, not as you were, as a boring old stiff who forever smoke a spliff
Man i got 1 question, what do you put in this shit?
My flaming avatar, its my turn girl, my turn to combust to dust
I don't care if its my destiny, its just the way things were meant to be
Please baby do not frown as i drown in a pool of insanity
You know i don't have a clue why Breadfan and the Prince answer The Sandman
Its prepostrous, he's an imposter, can't you see it man
I guess i'm just crazy, Tetragonian, crazy
Probably the only one who sees the truth
Nevermind, there's Too Many Humans, all Sheep, so fucking what?
I just ain't gonna last, I'm a Social Outkast, i'm wandering, i'm lost.
Gonna do some Territorial Pissing, you don't know what you are missing till you've tried
Spraying around, i dunno what i found, but whatever it was it lied.
Lifes just so dim, it does exactly what it says on the tin
No 2nd chances, you pay for your advances, no matter how much you try to get in
Yeah i lay back on the blue grasses, watching the Aurora Borealis
Making love through my looking glass with this girl called Alice
Sure whats the difference between me and you but a point of view?
More than enough, i guess the zeitgeist will do.
Come As You Are, not as you were, as a boring old stiff who forever smoke a spliff
Man i got 1 question, what do you put in this shit?
Lyrics submitted by The Lopper
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