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.
Bigfoot step over me
Spare me from embarassing defeat
Numb to the thought existing
I'd be estatic
Would the find complete the puzzle for me
I could be fiction from the entry
The entry
What do you think you know
I know its ok now
Lay down more stupid rules
That only I apply to
I'm made for medusa
But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic
And now you know
If I call it how I see it
I may never call it
Your teeth they talk and talk
And I never follow
If you repeat what you here
You wont be repeating, be repeating, be repeating
Anything to anyone
I'm mad for medusa
But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic
And now you know
Amelia I may never meet you
Maybe the ocean's where you rest
Bermuda I may never see you
Just because no one's coming back
Along came a spider
That crawled inside her
Now I think I'm sick for christian's sake
But frozen with fear of god the earthquake
And now you know
I'm mad for medusa
But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic
And now you know
Spare me from embarassing defeat
Numb to the thought existing
I'd be estatic
Would the find complete the puzzle for me
I could be fiction from the entry
The entry
What do you think you know
I know its ok now
Lay down more stupid rules
That only I apply to
I'm made for medusa
But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic
And now you know
If I call it how I see it
I may never call it
Your teeth they talk and talk
And I never follow
If you repeat what you here
You wont be repeating, be repeating, be repeating
Anything to anyone
I'm mad for medusa
But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic
And now you know
Amelia I may never meet you
Maybe the ocean's where you rest
Bermuda I may never see you
Just because no one's coming back
Along came a spider
That crawled inside her
Now I think I'm sick for christian's sake
But frozen with fear of god the earthquake
And now you know
I'm mad for medusa
But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic
And now you know
Lyrics submitted by Ilessthan3you
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"But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic" could these refer to loving the feeling of being stoned? cause that would make sense to me
yeah that's what I thought too
Wow no one has commented i mean the posted lyrics were in july. oh well. really awesome song tho. maybe i'll post what i think it meanswhen i'm not so tired.
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Heres a shot in the dark. I think maybe he's talking about this girl he likes or is "Mad for" that makes him feel like he's been frozen by her (like Medusas gaze, hence making her Medusa). The "hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic" attests to this idea of being turned to stone/ceramic by her gaze. I don't really know, cause there's still a lot of stuff I'm not addressing. Someone else do it.
What does this even mean? Iosephus, that's as far as I get, too... the ceramic thing does make sense a little w/ the whole Medusa idea. But yeah...the whole decoding thing...I'll leave it to someone else on this song because reading those lyrics out just confuses me.
alright. this song is actually more straightforward than you are making it out to be. while visiting a friend at Illinois State in Normal ( where TJV was founded) i found the answer in bloomington....Medusa's Adult World. there ya go. the song is about an adult bookstore. "big foot step over me" (monkey painted on building) spare me from embarassing defeat ( its embarassing to look at porn?) I'm made for medusa But hung up on how it feels to be a ceramic And now you know (there are statues at medusa) Amelia I may never meet you Maybe the ocean's where you rest (Amellia is his fantasy girl from something he found at medusa's)Along came a spider That crawled inside her Now I think I'm sick for christian's sake But frozen with fear of god the earthquake And now you know(STD's????) anyways i cant really decode it, but its about an adult bookstore in bloomington, end of story.
i love this song so much. it makes me sad that they broke up. & woah. that's really interesting dewthelew. lol seriously. i would never have expected that.
i seriously thought the lyrics were "mad for medusa"... not made for medusa... considering the song is titled "mad for medusa" but you know i guess whatever lol
that book store thing is actually pretty funny... i think a lot of times we make lyrics out to be bigger than they actually are... but i mean lyrics speak differently to each different person, and thats what makes music so wonderful... i mean, what i thought the song meant, and finding out that it was written about a porn shop basically.. ha lol
dewthelew, great analysis.
Amelia is not actually fiction though.
It's an ex girlfriend of the lead singers.
First of all, it's not about an adult bookstore. While there is a place in Bloomington called Medusa's, that is completely and utterly false. Somebody with too much time on their hands made that shit up. Sorry to burst your bubble. Quoting my brother asa, "it is about nothing really dude"
and there you have it.