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.
Mother make me gold again again again again
It was us and you and him you you and him
And each of us were golden
Like sunset on my childhood curtains
The beige and the brown and the bronze on fire
With the days end with the days with the days end oh it ends
Those days end
‘Cause surely everything has blackened
Mother make me golden again
Mother make me gold again again again again
I was pure and warm, innocent
And each of us were golden
Like sunset on john laughing
Oh how the light would cover him
With the stitches, no tag backs
And the red kool-aid mustache
We can race there and then back
Just sodas and best friends
Waging war on the ant’s nest
And a card in your spokes clicks
Like the buttons on a joy stick
I loved it
It was us and you and him you you and him
And each of us were golden
Like sunset on my childhood curtains
The beige and the brown and the bronze on fire
With the days end with the days with the days end oh it ends
Those days end
‘Cause surely everything has blackened
Mother make me golden again
Mother make me gold again again again again
I was pure and warm, innocent
And each of us were golden
Like sunset on john laughing
Oh how the light would cover him
With the stitches, no tag backs
And the red kool-aid mustache
We can race there and then back
Just sodas and best friends
Waging war on the ant’s nest
And a card in your spokes clicks
Like the buttons on a joy stick
I loved it
Lyrics submitted by benerfritted
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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its so true, i never really realized how great it was when i was littler untill i heard this.
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Picture yourself being pushed on a swing or someone picking you up and spinning you around when you were little. And once you were put back down, you would immediately say, "Again! Again!"
When he sings "again again again again", it reminds me of that.
Beautiful.