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.
Statistically sorry
For the last album we wrote Babababababababababa
Sincerely sorry
For missing the notes
It was love
They were loved
And they promised the world
Puppy dog tails, kisses and girls
Behind my cigarette
I'll make my last bet
To keep our words wet
So the contracts
Can be met It's a joke
They promised the world
They promised the world
Promise the kisses
Promise the girls
And the make mistakes
They make mistakes
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter than filling those dreams to the brim
With hope
And home nothing is sweeter than realizing those dreams
Are false ideas of love
So rewire the mainframe
The contracts that bind us
That keep us together
Are a joke
That's life in a hospital
They promised the world
They promised the world
Puppy dog tails,
Kisses and girls
And the make mistakes
They make mistakes
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter than filling those dreams to the brim
With hope
And home nothing is sweeter than realizing those dreams
Are false ideas of love
So rewire the mainframe
The contracts that bind us
That keep us together
Are a joke
That's life in a hospital
Selfishly, selfishly Selfishly, selfish
Selfishly, selfishly Selfishly, selfish
Rewire Your contract
Rewire Your contract
Rewire Your contract
You check the pulse
It's life in a hospital
And I'm out like the winds
Dangerously speaking on behalf
Of the polar bears
A chorus of crickets harmonize
And they resonate to explode
It's up like me, on my knees, they sting like bees
Three years and counting waiting for this idea love
Selfishly consumed in love
Three years and counting waiting for this idea love
Love (I buried the box with your name)
Love (I buried the box and your name)
It's life in a hospital It's love, love, love, love, love
For the last album we wrote Babababababababababa
Sincerely sorry
For missing the notes
It was love
They were loved
And they promised the world
Puppy dog tails, kisses and girls
Behind my cigarette
I'll make my last bet
To keep our words wet
So the contracts
Can be met It's a joke
They promised the world
They promised the world
Promise the kisses
Promise the girls
And the make mistakes
They make mistakes
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter than filling those dreams to the brim
With hope
And home nothing is sweeter than realizing those dreams
Are false ideas of love
So rewire the mainframe
The contracts that bind us
That keep us together
Are a joke
That's life in a hospital
They promised the world
They promised the world
Puppy dog tails,
Kisses and girls
And the make mistakes
They make mistakes
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter
Nothing is sweeter than filling those dreams to the brim
With hope
And home nothing is sweeter than realizing those dreams
Are false ideas of love
So rewire the mainframe
The contracts that bind us
That keep us together
Are a joke
That's life in a hospital
Selfishly, selfishly Selfishly, selfish
Selfishly, selfishly Selfishly, selfish
Rewire Your contract
Rewire Your contract
Rewire Your contract
You check the pulse
It's life in a hospital
And I'm out like the winds
Dangerously speaking on behalf
Of the polar bears
A chorus of crickets harmonize
And they resonate to explode
It's up like me, on my knees, they sting like bees
Three years and counting waiting for this idea love
Selfishly consumed in love
Three years and counting waiting for this idea love
Love (I buried the box with your name)
Love (I buried the box and your name)
It's life in a hospital It's love, love, love, love, love
Lyrics submitted by ADimeADexter
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