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.
The shine of the lake
Our elbows knocking and knees locked for hours
Take me fishing and teach me to shoot
This headache is the high
The despite and internalized, all too well known
What money have we? Look
Even on the kid on a lap in the passenger seat
Eating dry Froot Loops from a sandwich bag
O, all we all have
And all we all have to do
Just to keep, let alone know
All we all have
And all we all have to do
Your dad shot your dog
Tied plastic bags over your face
We left the party
To fuck in your car
Isn't that just like you?
Always losing ones you love
So appropriately incomplete
Isn't that just like you?
O, all we all have
And all we all have to do
Just to keep, let alone know
All we all have
And all we all have to do
Our elbows knocking and knees locked for hours
Take me fishing and teach me to shoot
This headache is the high
The despite and internalized, all too well known
What money have we? Look
Even on the kid on a lap in the passenger seat
Eating dry Froot Loops from a sandwich bag
O, all we all have
And all we all have to do
Just to keep, let alone know
All we all have
And all we all have to do
Your dad shot your dog
Tied plastic bags over your face
We left the party
To fuck in your car
Isn't that just like you?
Always losing ones you love
So appropriately incomplete
Isn't that just like you?
O, all we all have
And all we all have to do
Just to keep, let alone know
All we all have
And all we all have to do
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