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.
I'm rackin' my brain
Trying to comprehend
How, for some unknown reason, our status will remain as friends
I'm destroying my mind
Trying to understand how with little to no effort
You've got me eating out of the palms of your hands
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
We're murdering our lives
Trying to make it work,
But you and I both know that we are a lost cause
And nothing more than specks on this Earth
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Yeah I know you listen to this all alone up in your room
I know you love how all this music's about you
Trying to comprehend
How, for some unknown reason, our status will remain as friends
I'm destroying my mind
Trying to understand how with little to no effort
You've got me eating out of the palms of your hands
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
We're murdering our lives
Trying to make it work,
But you and I both know that we are a lost cause
And nothing more than specks on this Earth
There was not a single spark
When my lips landed on yours in the dark,
But regardless of what happens next
You're my beloved, you just don't know it yet
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Tonight I made a secret oath
To keep chasing after you
And I am not going to stop
Whether you like it or not
Yeah I know you listen to this all alone up in your room
I know you love how all this music's about you
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Secret Oath Lyrics as written by Joseph Dean Beck Daniel Ludeman
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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