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 was walking with my feet
A position fell over me
The harmony wall bleeding
The restless child was reading
I was swimming
Could hardly stand
The swimming hour was at hand
And the fishes they were feeding
The lambs they were bleating
I walk slowly
When I walk away from you
I'm feeling bad
I'm looking bad
I feel and look so bad
Some might say
Yours truly is soaking his head
There's apprehension
And inhibition
All contributions
To my attrition
And it happened long ago
These things these things
That make me walk so darn slow
A position fell over me
The harmony wall bleeding
The restless child was reading
I was swimming
Could hardly stand
The swimming hour was at hand
And the fishes they were feeding
The lambs they were bleating
I walk slowly
When I walk away from you
I'm feeling bad
I'm looking bad
I feel and look so bad
Some might say
Yours truly is soaking his head
There's apprehension
And inhibition
All contributions
To my attrition
And it happened long ago
These things these things
That make me walk so darn slow
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I believe this song is about misjudging people. Disposition is the way people are, their essence and qualities. So a disposition fell over him, and things became the opposite of what they seemed. A normally restless child was patiently reading, the defensive armory wall was hurt and bleeding,
he was so surprised at these occurrences, his head was swimming.
And then soaking your head, people tell others to go soak their head when they believe the speaker has no idea what they're talking about.
So basically he made assumptions about a person based on his idea of their disposition, and he turned out to be wrong, and now he walks slower and takes his time to make assumptions about people.
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