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 went out last night to a place where
The beautiful give death stares
So cold, you can feel the ice form on your bones
Dressed up like you're in a movie
Your effort is amusing, tonight
But you'd look better if I was blind
Didn't you enjoy yourself?
They held you up and put us down
Let me know the next time you'll be here
So I can stay home
You're living like you're on TV
Like a protected species
Uh-oh, I would love to see you when you're old
Just like winter roses in bloom
I'll die before I'm like you
In time, they will all know just how hard you tired
Didn't you enjoy yourself
They held you up and put us down
Let me know the next time you'll be here
So I can stay home
Didn't you enjoy yourself
They held you up and put us down
Let me know the next time you'll be here
So I can stay home
So I can stay home
Stay there forever in your place
Where your friends are kinder to your face
Your clothes are all you have
And I'm sorry that your life's that bad
Stay there forever in your place
Where your friends are kinder to your face
Glamour is all you have
And I'm sorry that your life's that, I said,
You'll be here, so I can stay home
The beautiful give death stares
So cold, you can feel the ice form on your bones
Dressed up like you're in a movie
Your effort is amusing, tonight
But you'd look better if I was blind
Didn't you enjoy yourself?
They held you up and put us down
Let me know the next time you'll be here
So I can stay home
You're living like you're on TV
Like a protected species
Uh-oh, I would love to see you when you're old
Just like winter roses in bloom
I'll die before I'm like you
In time, they will all know just how hard you tired
Didn't you enjoy yourself
They held you up and put us down
Let me know the next time you'll be here
So I can stay home
Didn't you enjoy yourself
They held you up and put us down
Let me know the next time you'll be here
So I can stay home
So I can stay home
Stay there forever in your place
Where your friends are kinder to your face
Your clothes are all you have
And I'm sorry that your life's that bad
Stay there forever in your place
Where your friends are kinder to your face
Glamour is all you have
And I'm sorry that your life's that, I said,
You'll be here, so I can stay home
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Karl says "Ione Sky was an actress in the 80's. She was meant to be the 'next big thing' and then hit drugs and kind of disappeared.. Just a metaphor for the song"
they're probably just relating Ione Skye to the song lyrics
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who is Ione SKye tho? Wasnt she the girlfriend of Anthony Kiedis the Red HOt CHilli PEpper singer? I swear she was, i read his biography, and she was his girlfriend for a couple years or something. This is killin me! WHY IS THE SONG CALLED THAT?!?!
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