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.
Can you live without one red cent?
Can a little true heart really pay the rent?
No
It'll take a lot of give to get
All the money you've spent it's a game of pressure
So
Put a little on the back of someone else. Cause another problem just to ease yourself.
Can't you see that it's coming back around, and when it comes back
It'll drive you farther down.
Free? Now are you? Is it life that holds us down?
Free? How are you? When I'm stuck here on the ground.
Can you fly without your wings on board?
It seems pretty unfair to end up on the floor.
Paying for a crime you weren't charged for,
Alive in a world that always wants more.
Is it any wonder that you're falling back inside the pattern that defines all you lack?
Don't you want to get into your car and get out of this town?
Free? Now are you? Is it life that holds us down?
Free? How are you? When I'm stuck here on the ground.
It's all about the wrong thing if doesn't make your heart sing.
It couldn't be the right place with those tears upon your face.
Free? Now are you? Is it life that holds us down?
Free? How are you? When I'm stuck here on the ground.
Free? Now are you?
Can a little true heart really pay the rent?
No
It'll take a lot of give to get
All the money you've spent it's a game of pressure
So
Put a little on the back of someone else. Cause another problem just to ease yourself.
Can't you see that it's coming back around, and when it comes back
It'll drive you farther down.
Free? Now are you? Is it life that holds us down?
Free? How are you? When I'm stuck here on the ground.
Can you fly without your wings on board?
It seems pretty unfair to end up on the floor.
Paying for a crime you weren't charged for,
Alive in a world that always wants more.
Is it any wonder that you're falling back inside the pattern that defines all you lack?
Don't you want to get into your car and get out of this town?
Free? Now are you? Is it life that holds us down?
Free? How are you? When I'm stuck here on the ground.
It's all about the wrong thing if doesn't make your heart sing.
It couldn't be the right place with those tears upon your face.
Free? Now are you? Is it life that holds us down?
Free? How are you? When I'm stuck here on the ground.
Free? Now are you?
Lyrics submitted by musicmaniac32
Free Lyrics as written by Clint Edward Lowery Brett Adam Hestla
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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