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.
When you're on your own
Spread out on the mat
Dead
The highway's endless drone
Something familiar
And how we love the seasons that hide in our stomachs
That howl and howl and howl as if
Dropped from the great height
And I thought the hours that lie in the kitchen
They drag him, drag him, drag into black night
Dropped from the great height
It was strange
Constant blue
And the same ghost every night
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
Dropped from the great height
It was strange
Constant blue
And the same ghost every night
It was strange
Constant blue
And the same ghost every night
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath, my own breath through the path
I go walking
We are raised up very high
We are raised up very high
My own breath
Spread out on the mat
Dead
The highway's endless drone
Something familiar
And how we love the seasons that hide in our stomachs
That howl and howl and howl as if
Dropped from the great height
And I thought the hours that lie in the kitchen
They drag him, drag him, drag into black night
Dropped from the great height
It was strange
Constant blue
And the same ghost every night
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath my own breath through the path
Dropped from the great height
It was strange
Constant blue
And the same ghost every night
It was strange
Constant blue
And the same ghost every night
I go walking
Just to find
My own breath, my own breath through the path
I go walking
We are raised up very high
We are raised up very high
My own breath
Lyrics submitted by artblot
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anyone else reminded of Spoon's "Chips and Dip" whenever they hear this song?
Yes! It's definitely got a very similar rhythm.
woah your right! it does sound similar....
there's a live version of this floating around that is amazing..i prefer it to the recorded version, in fact.
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I love wolf parade.
P.S "do the truffle shuffle"
ooops... i mean sloth not chunk..
I love the goonies, I love wolf parade
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To me, this seems like an interesting metaphor for society that is bred to watch tv. How people will sit inside at night, and the constant blue he refers to is the television light. He compares it to the same endless boring stretches of driving on the highway, "something familiar". "And how we love the seasons that hide in our stomachs" means despite our love for being outside and the times we spent outside, we stay indoors constantly despite the way our gut instinct tells us. The lyrics tells me he understands this, and goes out walking, wanting to find his own "breath".