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 got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight
I've got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight
A whole months salary
Gonna set it to flames
On some girl, we just met recently
I barely know her name
Cha cha, cha cha, cha chaaa
Cha cha, cha cha
Oh take me some place decent
Where we meet up with your friends
Where the people are pleasant
Where the music never ends
Where the music never ends
Cha cha, cha cha, cha chaa
Cha cha, cha cha, cha cha
I can't say that you are pretty
That would make me a liar
But you turn my my legs to spaghetti
And set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire (I'll come running with a heart on fire)
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
Set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
Set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire (I'll come running with a heart on fire)
Heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'm gonna spend it all tonight
I've got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight
A whole months salary
Gonna set it to flames
On some girl, we just met recently
I barely know her name
Cha cha, cha cha, cha chaaa
Cha cha, cha cha
Oh take me some place decent
Where we meet up with your friends
Where the people are pleasant
Where the music never ends
Where the music never ends
Cha cha, cha cha, cha chaa
Cha cha, cha cha, cha cha
I can't say that you are pretty
That would make me a liar
But you turn my my legs to spaghetti
And set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire (I'll come running with a heart on fire)
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
Set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire
Set my heart on fire
You set my heart on fire (I'll come running with a heart on fire)
Heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
Lyrics submitted by coheedandcambria
Pocketful of Money Lyrics as written by Jens Martin Lekman
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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i think this song is either about
a) going through the phases of being in a relationship with this girl. meeting her - going on a date - going crazy about her.
or
b) there is another girl he wants to be with. and the first 2 stanzas are saying he is willing to spend a whole months wage on some girl he hardly knows, as if to say 'this is what i'd do for her think about what i'd do for you.' and then the 3rd and 4th stanzas are asking the girl he really likes to take him some place perfect where they can be happy together and describing just how much she means to him. and then there's the amazing sample...
either way it's a fantastic song, from a fantastic album, from a fantastic artist.