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 I woke up last night, couldn't tell if I was dreaming.
I thought I saw the face of an angel and I heard her speaking to me.
She said my boy, don't fill up your head with trivial things.
'cause life's too beautiful for you to leave.
Just like periscopes up in the sky,
Well I have never seen a girl as beautiful as you, in my whole life.
And things don't always go the way you plan them,
But if your rolling with the flow well then it makes it easier,
Makes it easier to bare.
I'll give you kisses on your neck just like I always promised.
You float into my mind like pictures of an earthly godess.
She said my boy don't fill up your heart with nothing but love.
That truth is truth to you is truth enough.
CHORUS
Easier to bare
CHORUS x 2
Uh!
All I need -
I don't need your inhibitions
All ineed is to be free.
And I don't like no-one to tell me,
Just where I'm going because I can see.
I can see.
Show you all of my intentions,
Get this world belong to me.
Imitate all my inventions, a minute too late
Will never set you free.
Set you free.
I thought I saw the face of an angel and I heard her speaking to me.
She said my boy, don't fill up your head with trivial things.
'cause life's too beautiful for you to leave.
Just like periscopes up in the sky,
Well I have never seen a girl as beautiful as you, in my whole life.
And things don't always go the way you plan them,
But if your rolling with the flow well then it makes it easier,
Makes it easier to bare.
I'll give you kisses on your neck just like I always promised.
You float into my mind like pictures of an earthly godess.
She said my boy don't fill up your heart with nothing but love.
That truth is truth to you is truth enough.
CHORUS
Easier to bare
CHORUS x 2
Uh!
All I need -
I don't need your inhibitions
All ineed is to be free.
And I don't like no-one to tell me,
Just where I'm going because I can see.
I can see.
Show you all of my intentions,
Get this world belong to me.
Imitate all my inventions, a minute too late
Will never set you free.
Set you free.
Lyrics submitted by Annabelle82
Periscopes Lyrics as written by Matthew Mark Mchugh
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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don't fill your head up with trivial things !!!!!!!! :D