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.
Let's say the world was a legal pad
And everything was two dimensional.
But somehow you were the third coordinate
And you were towering over our college rule.
Would you draw me with your pencils and your pens,
Make me much prettier than I really am?
And could you draw us with some picture perfect friends if I chipped in for the ink?
Let's say you spilled all your coffee
On us while you weren't looking.
And all our world was stained, awake, and drowned.
And all your doodling looked pretty foul.
Would you draw me air bubbles so I could breathe?
Or at least some chlorophyll making trees?
If I got erased would you even still love me?
Or would you just draw yourself another he?
And everything was two dimensional.
But somehow you were the third coordinate
And you were towering over our college rule.
Would you draw me with your pencils and your pens,
Make me much prettier than I really am?
And could you draw us with some picture perfect friends if I chipped in for the ink?
Let's say you spilled all your coffee
On us while you weren't looking.
And all our world was stained, awake, and drowned.
And all your doodling looked pretty foul.
Would you draw me air bubbles so I could breathe?
Or at least some chlorophyll making trees?
If I got erased would you even still love me?
Or would you just draw yourself another he?
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this is one of the loveliest songs i had ever payed attention to. suchprettywords describes this song very well.
this is probably one of the most beautiful songs ever written. :D<3
oh my goodness, i can't believe that no one else has commented on this song before. i think, out of the couple of say hi to your mom songs that i know, this has the most genius lyrics. the imagery is kind of humorous but i think it conveys a feeling really well - that your world was only so-so before this person came along, but when you did know about them, it just made everything so much more amazing. and because they have this power to make everything wonderful, they also have the power to make it all "stained, awake, and drowned."
of course, you could also compare this to the pro-agnostic argument, that if there is a God, you wouldn't know because we're like a 2-d world and he's the 3rd dimension.
"or at least some chlorophyll making trees? if i got erased would you even still love me?"
brilliant.
college rule is a lined paper size, in case you had no idea. but you probably did. anyway- it took me a while to pull that together. wonderful song, though.
fucking crazy much? i'd hate to say it, but these lyrics kill. honestly, "If I got erased would you even still love me? Or would you just draw yourself another he?" perfect lyrics. when i heard this song, i immediately knew that if i were to write a movie, this sound would be in its soundtrack.
Wow, this song is soo good, like "if i got erased would you even still love me?" wow that's the best part in the song BRILLIANT
"if i were to write a movie, this sound would be in its soundtrack." completely agree with you, starving.
I didn't really listen to this band much outside of Spaceships and Pop Music, then this song came up on shuffle the other day and I fell in love.
fucking beautiful
the "awake" part made me smile :D