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.
Break the soil, its now your home with the rest of us down here.
Tell the world what you told me so they know how it feels.
You're on and you're off but you're up to something, it's a cry for help.
Was it worth it to be part of something if you can't control yourself.
And I told myself I wouldn't lie.
You'll lie in his sheets and you hear how he speaks at the altar,
Yet his toiletry bag is still lit with other girls hair.
Who takes the place of your beautiful face if he loves her?
You'll be glad its over. [Repeat: x3]
Paper trails don't always lead you home. Lock the door because I'm leaving you tomorrow.
Do you always do just what you're told?
Get the shovel and we'll bury you,
We'll bury me.
And I told myself I wouldn't lie.
You'll lie in his sheets and you hear how he speaks at the altar,
Yet his toiletry bag is still lit with other girls hair.
Who takes the place of your beautiful face if he loves her?
You'll be glad its over. [Repeat: x3]
So don't waste my time
And tell that everything I want is unfair.
Perhaps in another life we'll be together up there.
Matters of heartbreak and time, spirits in tandem with mine.
Smear on your rouge and your favorite blues tonight.
You lie in his sheets and you hear how he speaks at the altar,
Yet his toiletry bag is still lit with other girls hair.
I'm cutting through streets like cars at breakneck speeds with no purpose.
I'm so glad it's over. [Repeat]
Tell the world what you told me so they know how it feels.
You're on and you're off but you're up to something, it's a cry for help.
Was it worth it to be part of something if you can't control yourself.
And I told myself I wouldn't lie.
You'll lie in his sheets and you hear how he speaks at the altar,
Yet his toiletry bag is still lit with other girls hair.
Who takes the place of your beautiful face if he loves her?
You'll be glad its over. [Repeat: x3]
Paper trails don't always lead you home. Lock the door because I'm leaving you tomorrow.
Do you always do just what you're told?
Get the shovel and we'll bury you,
We'll bury me.
And I told myself I wouldn't lie.
You'll lie in his sheets and you hear how he speaks at the altar,
Yet his toiletry bag is still lit with other girls hair.
Who takes the place of your beautiful face if he loves her?
You'll be glad its over. [Repeat: x3]
So don't waste my time
And tell that everything I want is unfair.
Perhaps in another life we'll be together up there.
Matters of heartbreak and time, spirits in tandem with mine.
Smear on your rouge and your favorite blues tonight.
You lie in his sheets and you hear how he speaks at the altar,
Yet his toiletry bag is still lit with other girls hair.
I'm cutting through streets like cars at breakneck speeds with no purpose.
I'm so glad it's over. [Repeat]
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