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.
Before I let you go
Give me just one more night to show you just how I feel
I lost all my control
If it takes my whole damn life I'll make this up to you
Kind of like the waves
That roll their whole life towards somewhere crashing on the shore
It's blown in by the wind that carries the clouds to
Hide my wish on a fallen star
A different kind of pain
Is someone there to hold you?
Is someone there to take you away from me?
I tried to let you go
I wish I could turn back time
And show you just how I feel
I needed you to know
If it takes my whole damn life
I'll make this up to you
Kind of like the waves
That roll their whole life towards somewhere
Crashing on the shore
It's blown in by the wind
That carries the clouds to hide
My wish on a fallen star
A different kind of pain
Is someone there to hold you?
Is someone there to take you away from me?
Before you let me go away
Before you let me go away
Before you let me go away
Before you let me go away
I need you to know
A different kind of pain
Is someone there that will hold you?
Is someone there that will take you away from me?
A different kind of pain, it's a different kind of pain
Give me just one more night to show you just how I feel
I lost all my control
If it takes my whole damn life I'll make this up to you
Kind of like the waves
That roll their whole life towards somewhere crashing on the shore
It's blown in by the wind that carries the clouds to
Hide my wish on a fallen star
A different kind of pain
Is someone there to hold you?
Is someone there to take you away from me?
I tried to let you go
I wish I could turn back time
And show you just how I feel
I needed you to know
If it takes my whole damn life
I'll make this up to you
Kind of like the waves
That roll their whole life towards somewhere
Crashing on the shore
It's blown in by the wind
That carries the clouds to hide
My wish on a fallen star
A different kind of pain
Is someone there to hold you?
Is someone there to take you away from me?
Before you let me go away
Before you let me go away
Before you let me go away
Before you let me go away
I need you to know
A different kind of pain
Is someone there that will hold you?
Is someone there that will take you away from me?
A different kind of pain, it's a different kind of pain
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I agree completely with mith01.
this song will always be a important one for myself my friends and my family.. for the fact that we used it earlier this month for my sister Chelsea's funeral.
I'm sorry for your loss