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.
If I can't remember the words
Could you be my tongue for these few seconds
And spit them out for me
See I've crossed the line
And I've done what I told myself I'd never
We've become everything that we once hated
Feeling special actually listening to my conscience
When it confronts me
I told myself I wouldn't waste my time holding my breath
For what may potentially be a lost cause
Leave me stranded branded stupid
And all to often a sucker for the teenage delusion
Called true love
But you changed me
You are the risk that I'm taking
I'll stand beside the rest of our lives
And put my trust in loves
But I can't do this all alone
I can't make you believe me when I say
You're all I ever need
You're the reason I believe
That everything in my life has
Brought me to this point for a reason
What were the last words that you said to me
Stuck hanging off your lips as I leave you
Talking yourself blue in the face again
This loss for words can't get me out of what its got me in
Choking on the right lines picking up the wrong signs
I understand that promises
("Never speak of this again")
Mean nothing if the words have no meaning
(I give in)
But haven't we already grown used to waiting?
(A promise is only words)
And I can wait as long as it takes
To make you see I mean it
I'm so bad at goodbyes
That's why I never want to leave you're side again
So until the next time that I see you I've got to
Got to keep on breathing
Got to keep on breathing
To make you see
(Kids leave her alone she needs this)
To make you see I mean it
(Just leave her alone she needs this)
Could you be my tongue for these few seconds
And spit them out for me
See I've crossed the line
And I've done what I told myself I'd never
We've become everything that we once hated
Feeling special actually listening to my conscience
When it confronts me
I told myself I wouldn't waste my time holding my breath
For what may potentially be a lost cause
Leave me stranded branded stupid
And all to often a sucker for the teenage delusion
Called true love
But you changed me
You are the risk that I'm taking
I'll stand beside the rest of our lives
And put my trust in loves
But I can't do this all alone
I can't make you believe me when I say
You're all I ever need
You're the reason I believe
That everything in my life has
Brought me to this point for a reason
What were the last words that you said to me
Stuck hanging off your lips as I leave you
Talking yourself blue in the face again
This loss for words can't get me out of what its got me in
Choking on the right lines picking up the wrong signs
I understand that promises
("Never speak of this again")
Mean nothing if the words have no meaning
(I give in)
But haven't we already grown used to waiting?
(A promise is only words)
And I can wait as long as it takes
To make you see I mean it
I'm so bad at goodbyes
That's why I never want to leave you're side again
So until the next time that I see you I've got to
Got to keep on breathing
Got to keep on breathing
To make you see
(Kids leave her alone she needs this)
To make you see I mean it
(Just leave her alone she needs this)
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