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 wanted you to be
More like more like me
Cause I thought I could see
More than anyone would see
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
Thought there was no doubt
That I had figured all this out
Built myself a castle in the sand
But the rain came round
And washed it down
Took everything that I ever found
Now I got open empty hands
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To get me back on my feet again
Sooner or later
Somebody bigger or better will come round to come here to get by
What you want
Is sometimes what you get
A mirror a mirror is on my wall
And I can't get myself to call you
But I do believe the truth is known
On the other end of the telephone
Sooner or later
Somebody bigger or better will come round come here to get by
And I was afraid that it would be you
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To get me back on my feet again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself, myself, myself, myself
What I needed was a little bit, just a little bit, just a just a little bit
More like more like me
Cause I thought I could see
More than anyone would see
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
Thought there was no doubt
That I had figured all this out
Built myself a castle in the sand
But the rain came round
And washed it down
Took everything that I ever found
Now I got open empty hands
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To get me back on my feet again
Sooner or later
Somebody bigger or better will come round to come here to get by
What you want
Is sometimes what you get
A mirror a mirror is on my wall
And I can't get myself to call you
But I do believe the truth is known
On the other end of the telephone
Sooner or later
Somebody bigger or better will come round come here to get by
And I was afraid that it would be you
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To get me back on my feet again
What I needed was a little bit of my own medicine
To help me feel like myself, myself, myself, myself
What I needed was a little bit, just a little bit, just a just a little bit
Lyrics submitted by wheaties409
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