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 never got high the first time I tried
Just like everyone
I know the cigarettes were bold
For a little four foot nothing ten year-old
On hot summer days
We'd go down to the mall
Send security climbin' up the walls
Just like everyone
We were forever young
I am not so original
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
We lived out our lives like we would never die
Just like everyone
But before Keith went to bed
He put a double barrel shotgun to his head
I am not so original
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
Smashing bottles and cans
For reasons I don't understand
When I look at the past
It's like staring at pieces of broken glass
I am not so original
Completely fuckin' miserable (Completely fuckin' miserable)
A little unstable (A little unstable)
A little unstable
I am, I am
Totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am, I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
Fucked-up all-American
(Fucked-up all-American)
Just like everyone
I know the cigarettes were bold
For a little four foot nothing ten year-old
On hot summer days
We'd go down to the mall
Send security climbin' up the walls
Just like everyone
We were forever young
I am not so original
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
We lived out our lives like we would never die
Just like everyone
But before Keith went to bed
He put a double barrel shotgun to his head
I am not so original
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
Smashing bottles and cans
For reasons I don't understand
When I look at the past
It's like staring at pieces of broken glass
I am not so original
Completely fuckin' miserable (Completely fuckin' miserable)
A little unstable (A little unstable)
A little unstable
I am, I am
Totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am, I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
Fucked-up all-American
(Fucked-up all-American)
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Hope these lyrics fit more:
I never got high the first time I tried Just like everyone I know the cigarettes were bold For a little four foot nothing ten year-old On hot summer days We'd go down to the mall Send security climbin' up the walls Just like everyone We thought we'd been forever young
I am not so original Never to be cynical A little unstable Clinically labeled Fucked-up all-American Oh yeah, I am totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed Completely obsessive Manic depressive Fucked-up all-American
We lived out our lives like we would never die Just like everyone But before Keith went to bed He put a double barrel shotgun to his head
Oh yeah, not so original Never to be cynical A little unstable Clinically labeled Fucked-up all-American Oh yeah, totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed Completely obsessive Manic depressive Fucked-up all-American
Smashing bottles and cans For reasons I don't understand When I look at the past It's like staring at pieces of broken glass (glass, glass...) broken glass (glass, glass...)
Oh yeah, not so original Completly fucking miserable (Completly fucking miserable) A little unstable (A little unstable) A little unstable Oh yeah, Oh yeah (Totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed) A little unstable Clinically labeled Fucked-up all-American Oh yeah, Oh yeah (Totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed) Completely obsessive Manic depressive Fucked-up all-American Fucked-up all-American
Oh yeah...
Fucked-up all-American (all-American)
Oh yeah...