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.
Oh no, what have I done,
all of these stitches have split one by one
Oh now I see the design,
the intricate framework to which i align
All my anguish and my happiness,
but I got not time for this mess
Come down, come down with me,
to check on the ashes of my history
I can't leave them alone,
but sometimes I wish they would rot down below
But on the contrary,
these fires flourish in me.
Oh no
And I lay just 'fore I wake
and you catch the sun and throw it down on my face
I know you're plotting my course,
still influencing my dreams silver seahorse
I feel the mixture in me,
fire and water musical ubiquity
And I know you're never quite there,
satisfaction eluding you like clean air
One day I'll float on the tide,
silver seahorse on a string mirrors the sky
I'll be alone on the sea,
waiting for the sky to engulf me.
But out here alone on the night,
my silver seahorse reflecting the light
I flash the ray 'cross the sea,
hoping this beam still connects you to me
I know the tides changing my course,
but I'm still the one who believes in my silver seahorse
But on the whole,
or on the contrary,
it's not alright, alright.
And falling through defects
and consequential loss,
it's not alright, alright.
I lay just 'fore I wake
and you catch the sun and throw it down on my face
I know you're plotting my course,
still influencing my dreams silver seahorse
I feel the mixture in me,
fire and water musical ubiquity
I feel the mixture in me,
fire and water musical ubiquity...
all of these stitches have split one by one
Oh now I see the design,
the intricate framework to which i align
All my anguish and my happiness,
but I got not time for this mess
Come down, come down with me,
to check on the ashes of my history
I can't leave them alone,
but sometimes I wish they would rot down below
But on the contrary,
these fires flourish in me.
Oh no
And I lay just 'fore I wake
and you catch the sun and throw it down on my face
I know you're plotting my course,
still influencing my dreams silver seahorse
I feel the mixture in me,
fire and water musical ubiquity
And I know you're never quite there,
satisfaction eluding you like clean air
One day I'll float on the tide,
silver seahorse on a string mirrors the sky
I'll be alone on the sea,
waiting for the sky to engulf me.
But out here alone on the night,
my silver seahorse reflecting the light
I flash the ray 'cross the sea,
hoping this beam still connects you to me
I know the tides changing my course,
but I'm still the one who believes in my silver seahorse
But on the whole,
or on the contrary,
it's not alright, alright.
And falling through defects
and consequential loss,
it's not alright, alright.
I lay just 'fore I wake
and you catch the sun and throw it down on my face
I know you're plotting my course,
still influencing my dreams silver seahorse
I feel the mixture in me,
fire and water musical ubiquity
I feel the mixture in me,
fire and water musical ubiquity...
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wow i so feel like i can relate to this song.
"Oh no, what have I done, all of these stitches have split one by one" everything that was holding him together has slowly come undone.
"Oh now I see the design, the intricate framework to which i align All my anguish and my happiness, but I got not time for this mess" he realises what he was relying on, and that he can't anymore because he has other things he needs to concentrate on
"Come down, come down with me, to check on the ashes of my history I can't leave them alone, but sometimes I wish they would rot down below But on the contrary, these fires flourish in me." he's had hard times in the past but he's got through it, but they influence who he is now and he sometines wishes he could erase the memories but on the contrary, he knows he's alive, he has passions and things to live for? (not sure how to explain that part, but it makes sense in my mind lol)
"And I lay just 'fore I wake and you catch the sun and throw it down on my face I know you're plotting my course, still influencing my dreams silver seahorse I feel the mixture in me, fire and water musical ubiquity" at first i thought the first line was like something great happening all of a sudden that he didnt expect, but maybe it's saying he was about to wake up to something and then the "silver seahorse" threw the sun down on his face, woke him up in an instant? lol, again, i have thoughts but it's hard to explain them. i think the next line with the silver seahorse is feeling like someone who isn't there anymore, you are still having dreams of them and still feel they're controlling how you feel? i feel the mixture in me i think is saying that he's a mixture of optomistic and pessimistic, or happy and sad, or something.
"And I know you're never quite there, satisfaction eluding you like clean air" they're really not there though, maybe the next line is saying that they were satisfied and then disappeared?
"One day I'll float on the tide, silver seahorse on a string mirrors the sky" one day he'll be able to breathe again, and the next line doesn't make much sense to me lol.
"I'll be alone on the sea, waiting for the sky to engulf me." he's alone but he'll wait for something good to come along, or for him to be lifted up in some way? perhaps by something or someone
"But out here alone on the night, my silver seahorse reflecting the light I flash the ray 'cross the sea, hoping this beam still connects you to me I know the tides changing my course, but I'm still the one who believes in my silver seahorse" he knows he should let go because it's just a dream, but he feels he's unable to, he hopes he doesn't need to, he still believes.
"But on the whole, or on the contrary, it's not alright, alright. And falling through defects and consequential loss, it's not alright, alright." he can't handle it, and he's experienced loss? and it's not alright.
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