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've been sneaking glances and writing lines about you.
What you think you can take back are the things that are going to haunt you.
This time won't be the last time
That I'm coming straight for your heart,
You know how I move.
And if I must say, I know that I'm worth...
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
I can't begin to explain this infatuation that I've grown with you
And all that has to do with every moment that I'm here and you're not.
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
And I thought that I would make it,
But you escaped it.
And you swore that you would take this somewhere, somewhere.
Now I'm lost and you're just fakin' the way you played this.
The escape game never seemed so cruel when...
[Repeat: x2]
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
What you think you can take back are the things that are going to haunt you.
This time won't be the last time
That I'm coming straight for your heart,
You know how I move.
And if I must say, I know that I'm worth...
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
I can't begin to explain this infatuation that I've grown with you
And all that has to do with every moment that I'm here and you're not.
More than you thought.
You've never compromised without rolling your...
I know you've completely torn apart the fact that we could be.
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
And I thought that I would make it,
But you escaped it.
And you swore that you would take this somewhere, somewhere.
Now I'm lost and you're just fakin' the way you played this.
The escape game never seemed so cruel when...
[Repeat: x2]
I'm on the search, in 2/4 time.
See the girl that I've been chasing after.
Wishin' her eyes would just reach mine.
Please girl, you know exactly who I'm after.
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Smoke and Mirrors Lyrics as written by Joseph Matthew Lussa Seth James Johnson
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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