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.
Well, there's been an accident (Calm down!)
There's been an accident, breath
In and out, calm down (In and out, calm down)
Breath in and out, calm down (In and out, calm down)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
Breath in and out, calm down
But would you do it again? Again, and count backwards from ten
(Look, I don't make those mistakes no more)
You took the path that's where I could see straight through you
Just concentrate, good try
(But would you do it again?)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go
Back
(Concentrate, just calculate, cause you
Concentrate, just calculate, don't you?
Concentrate then calculate then you
Then the oxygen just can't be late
Don't be late, just can't seem late, just
Concentrate, just count the victim
Can't seem late, just can't seem late
Gotta concentrate, just can't be late)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I tried (It's just) I try (It's just)
I tried (It's just) I try (It's just)
I tried (It's just) I tried (It's just)
I tried! (It's just) I tried! (It's just)
I TRIED (It's just)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
(It just doesn't feel like)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
(Anything, anything)
We can't go back, we can't go back
(Anything, anything)
We can't go back
There's been an accident, breath
In and out, calm down (In and out, calm down)
Breath in and out, calm down (In and out, calm down)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
Breath in and out, calm down
But would you do it again? Again, and count backwards from ten
(Look, I don't make those mistakes no more)
You took the path that's where I could see straight through you
Just concentrate, good try
(But would you do it again?)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go
Back
(Concentrate, just calculate, cause you
Concentrate, just calculate, don't you?
Concentrate then calculate then you
Then the oxygen just can't be late
Don't be late, just can't seem late, just
Concentrate, just count the victim
Can't seem late, just can't seem late
Gotta concentrate, just can't be late)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I try (It's just) I try (It's just)
I tried (It's just) I try (It's just)
I tried (It's just) I try (It's just)
I tried (It's just) I tried (It's just)
I tried! (It's just) I tried! (It's just)
I TRIED (It's just)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
(It just doesn't feel like)
We can't go back, we can't go back
We can't go back, we can't
(Anything, anything)
We can't go back, we can't go back
(Anything, anything)
We can't go back
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Error Operator Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Burbank Lazzara
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