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.
Hey everybody, have y'all lost your minds?
Haven't met another gentleman in quite a long time?
No pleases, no thank you's, no opening doors, seems like all the gentleman jumped ship, become assholes & whores.
No respect, expect disrespect, it's eclectic, make everything sound so hectic.
As if the rat race wasn't won, by society's coming undone.
I'm tired, not stupid, reputation, not lucrative, enough I guess, no, enough not yet, well, emotions writing poems,
hide the rhymes, constantly change time, talk about lies, loved & lost, long goodbyes, styles change
So did I, so did I, long goodbyes, long goodbyes.
Change the subject to love, come so close the smell hangs in your lungs.
Haven't died trying, can't keep from prying, how'd you do it once before, amidst, assholes & whores, assholes & whores, assholes & whores.
Emotions writing poems, hide the rhymes, constantly change time, talk about lies, loved and lost, long goodbyes, styles change
So did I, so did I, long goodbyes, long goodbyes
Funny you get tired of daydreams, & midnight screams, getting your heart pulled out with a tractor beam.
Hurts just as much or more as the first time, the last time, the worst time, stylistic, artistic, aristocratic, fanatic, stopped a few steps short of just gosh damn fucking fantastic.
Work of art, straight from the heart, heard it all before, shook you straight down to the core, leaves you gasping, & gasping, & thinking you wanted more.
Heard it all before, yeah, I've heard it all before, yeah I've heard it all before, I've heard it all before, if I haven't heard it, I've heard it all before
Long goodbyes, yeah
Long goodbyes, yeah
Long goodbyes, long goodbyes, long goodbyes
Say a long
Say a long, say a long goodbye
Haven't met another gentleman in quite a long time?
No pleases, no thank you's, no opening doors, seems like all the gentleman jumped ship, become assholes & whores.
No respect, expect disrespect, it's eclectic, make everything sound so hectic.
As if the rat race wasn't won, by society's coming undone.
I'm tired, not stupid, reputation, not lucrative, enough I guess, no, enough not yet, well, emotions writing poems,
hide the rhymes, constantly change time, talk about lies, loved & lost, long goodbyes, styles change
So did I, so did I, long goodbyes, long goodbyes.
Change the subject to love, come so close the smell hangs in your lungs.
Haven't died trying, can't keep from prying, how'd you do it once before, amidst, assholes & whores, assholes & whores, assholes & whores.
Emotions writing poems, hide the rhymes, constantly change time, talk about lies, loved and lost, long goodbyes, styles change
So did I, so did I, long goodbyes, long goodbyes
Funny you get tired of daydreams, & midnight screams, getting your heart pulled out with a tractor beam.
Hurts just as much or more as the first time, the last time, the worst time, stylistic, artistic, aristocratic, fanatic, stopped a few steps short of just gosh damn fucking fantastic.
Work of art, straight from the heart, heard it all before, shook you straight down to the core, leaves you gasping, & gasping, & thinking you wanted more.
Heard it all before, yeah, I've heard it all before, yeah I've heard it all before, I've heard it all before, if I haven't heard it, I've heard it all before
Long goodbyes, yeah
Long goodbyes, yeah
Long goodbyes, long goodbyes, long goodbyes
Say a long
Say a long, say a long goodbye
Lyrics submitted by Annabelle82
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