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.
Looking for a blank page
Too many rhymes stuck up in my mind
I’m trying to clear it out
Hear me out
Conversations with self
Still I don’t hold any clout
My brain telling me, yo JMS take a different route
My heart doesn’t agree
It wasn’t me
Put insecurity back on the shelf
Can’t wear the low self esteem
Because people out here see you
And will seem to get everything outside their means
I’m not the one to lie around a crime scene
Too much dope got a bolt
And flash like lightening
Reflected through a prism
Splash across the solar system
Paint a picture with the coldest vision
My defense mechanism
With a good sense of skeptiscism
Keep me on mission
While everything fall apart
Every day a battle lost in this ghetto holocaust
You just holding it off, me too
Some times my rival,
Other times my people,
But it lethal
It’s hard to decide
I let it slide when I see you
Smoke signals out the igloo
Fine right
You best take your mothers advice
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Especially with this rap shit
Come out less human and more plastic
I am into classics
Beethoven to the bridge is over
Welcome the new rap masters
Halleluiah ….. halleluiah ….
I sit by windows of opportunity
Watching the sunset
Still pushing to a higher level
Know my life is under
Got so much left to do
Stepping through to bless at you
Close your eyes and realize that I am standing right there next to you
Presenting thoughts delectable
I showed you grill like arta-vegetable
The flows so hard and skill knocking shrill up off the pedestal
Watch us build something more original
Each song is a foundation for your future vacation
Sky stay scrapin’ like a master at aviation
Barrel-rolls, tail-spins out of narrow spaces
Same basic things
turned complex
Depending how your faces gleam
How you make a scene and
where you take your team
sweet take a team
sweet nicotine
Halleluiah ….. halleluiah …. Theres 2 sides always right never wrong Halleluiah ….. Theres 2 sides always right never wrong halleluiah ….
Too many rhymes stuck up in my mind
I’m trying to clear it out
Hear me out
Conversations with self
Still I don’t hold any clout
My brain telling me, yo JMS take a different route
My heart doesn’t agree
It wasn’t me
Put insecurity back on the shelf
Can’t wear the low self esteem
Because people out here see you
And will seem to get everything outside their means
I’m not the one to lie around a crime scene
Too much dope got a bolt
And flash like lightening
Reflected through a prism
Splash across the solar system
Paint a picture with the coldest vision
My defense mechanism
With a good sense of skeptiscism
Keep me on mission
While everything fall apart
Every day a battle lost in this ghetto holocaust
You just holding it off, me too
Some times my rival,
Other times my people,
But it lethal
It’s hard to decide
I let it slide when I see you
Smoke signals out the igloo
Fine right
You best take your mothers advice
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Especially with this rap shit
Come out less human and more plastic
I am into classics
Beethoven to the bridge is over
Welcome the new rap masters
Halleluiah ….. halleluiah ….
I sit by windows of opportunity
Watching the sunset
Still pushing to a higher level
Know my life is under
Got so much left to do
Stepping through to bless at you
Close your eyes and realize that I am standing right there next to you
Presenting thoughts delectable
I showed you grill like arta-vegetable
The flows so hard and skill knocking shrill up off the pedestal
Watch us build something more original
Each song is a foundation for your future vacation
Sky stay scrapin’ like a master at aviation
Barrel-rolls, tail-spins out of narrow spaces
Same basic things
turned complex
Depending how your faces gleam
How you make a scene and
where you take your team
sweet take a team
sweet nicotine
Halleluiah ….. halleluiah …. Theres 2 sides always right never wrong Halleluiah ….. Theres 2 sides always right never wrong halleluiah ….
Lyrics submitted by sirnuke
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