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.
It's a choice
To stay
It's a dream
And I wanna wake
You have blood on your hands
And I'm feeling faint
And honey
You can't decide
I'm a drug
Ya don't wanna give up
Smoke your cigarettes
Make your love
You poured blood in my heart
And I can't get enough
I'm drowning, drowning
And you can't decide
It's not about geography, or happenstance
You need to fly, & take a chance
You don't need to soar to emptiness
Float on high, & forever dance alone
Your scared, scared, scared
Cause I feel like home
Hear your voice
Knew right away
If you were here
Your eyes would say
There is blood on my feet
As I'm walking away
Rivers are red
Its starting to rain
[Repeat: x3]
I'm not gonna live for you
Or die for you
Won't do anything anymore for you
Cause you leave me here on the other side
You leave me here on the other side
Not gonna shed one more tear for you
Shed one more tear for you
I'm not gonna shed one more tear for you
At least not til Sunday Afternoon
Sunday Afternoon
Leave or Stay
Leave or Stay
To stay
It's a dream
And I wanna wake
You have blood on your hands
And I'm feeling faint
And honey
You can't decide
I'm a drug
Ya don't wanna give up
Smoke your cigarettes
Make your love
You poured blood in my heart
And I can't get enough
I'm drowning, drowning
And you can't decide
It's not about geography, or happenstance
You need to fly, & take a chance
You don't need to soar to emptiness
Float on high, & forever dance alone
Your scared, scared, scared
Cause I feel like home
Hear your voice
Knew right away
If you were here
Your eyes would say
There is blood on my feet
As I'm walking away
Rivers are red
Its starting to rain
[Repeat: x3]
I'm not gonna live for you
Or die for you
Won't do anything anymore for you
Cause you leave me here on the other side
You leave me here on the other side
Not gonna shed one more tear for you
Shed one more tear for you
I'm not gonna shed one more tear for you
At least not til Sunday Afternoon
Sunday Afternoon
Leave or Stay
Leave or Stay
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i agree with what everyone has written so far but it can also be seen as being a song about an affair, written from the point of view of "the other woman"
"it's a choice to stay it's a dream and I wanna wake"
he is staying with his woman and while she is his lover, shes had it, she needs to break away, wake up, from the delusion that he will leave his woman for her
"you have blood on your hands and I'm feeling faint and honey, you can't decide"
he has blood cause what he is doing is wrong, and she is feeling faint cause she knows this....he cant decide, or has perhaps sent her mixed signals about leaving his woman.
"I'm a drug you don't wanna give up smoke your cigarettes, make your love you poured blood in my heart and I can't get enough I'm drowning, drowning and you can't decide"
he wants to have his cake and eat it to...she fills his void so he doesnt want to let her go and as with many of these relationships, there is never enough attention or time for the lover so she feels like shes drowning
"it's not about geography or happenstance you need to fly and take a chance you don't need to soar to emptiness or float on high and forever dance alone you're scared, scared, scared cause I feel like home"
distance...it could be that he is not living with her and could be as close as being a neighbor (for example), or he really does live far far away..... she is telling him that is he leaves his woman, he wont be alone because his home is supposed to be with her
"hear your voice, knew right away if you were here your eyes would say there is blood on my feet as I'm walking away rivers are red, it's starting to rain"
she is coming to terms with, regardless of what he says or promises, he not going to leave his woman.... she would know if she was his choice.... she walks away and there seems to be a sense of guilt and rejection that really starts hitting hard once she begins to for once and for all, start walking away from him.
"not gonna shed one more tear for you shed one more tear for you I'm not gonna shed one more tear for you at least not til sunday afternoon sunday afternoon leave or stay leave or stay"
self explanatory
i simply LOVE this song....Im probably really off on the interpretation but oh well...