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.
What makes all of us hate?
We're all the same
We roll the dice
And we play your game
We complicate
Show us the way
Before it's too late
And the whole thing breaks
We have a name
We all create
Everything else,
the mistakes we made
We'll make a change
We'll concentrate
Before we suffocate
Can't hold this in
And keep it quiet any longer
I've fallen in
And now this feeling's getting stronger
Take my breath away
Now I'm trying to get up
I'm trying to retrace
My steps back
To wherever I messed up
Is forever enough?
I'm holding on
I know you'll be there
Whenever I wake up
What makes everything change?
We're not the same
We all get stuck in the same clich©
We're taking aim
We dominate
Put on the pressure
Then the whole thing breaks
How come we wait?
Why do we hate?
We're falling away like the last crusade
We rearrange
We need to change
before we suffocate
Can't hold this in
And keep it quiet any longer
I've fallen in
And now this feeling's getting stronger
Can't hold this in
And keep it quiet any longer
I've fallen in
And now this feeling's getting stronger
Take my breath away
Now I'm trying to get up
I'm trying to retrace
My steps back
To where ever I messed up
Is forever enough?
I'm holding on
I know you'll be there whenever I wake up
(Now I'm trying to get up)
I'm trying to retrace
I've fallen in
(and now this feeling's getting stronger)
You take my breath away
Now I'm trying to get up
I'm trying to retrace
my steps back
to where ever I messed up
Is forever enough? (Is forever enough?)
I'm holding on
I know you'll be there
Whenever I wake up
Whenever I wake up
I know you'll be there whenever I wake up
Whenever I wake up
If I wake up!
What makes all of us hate?
Show us the way
Before it' too late
And the whole thing breaks
We're all the same
We roll the dice
And we play your game
We complicate
Show us the way
Before it's too late
And the whole thing breaks
We have a name
We all create
Everything else,
the mistakes we made
We'll make a change
We'll concentrate
Before we suffocate
Can't hold this in
And keep it quiet any longer
I've fallen in
And now this feeling's getting stronger
Take my breath away
Now I'm trying to get up
I'm trying to retrace
My steps back
To wherever I messed up
Is forever enough?
I'm holding on
I know you'll be there
Whenever I wake up
What makes everything change?
We're not the same
We all get stuck in the same clich©
We're taking aim
We dominate
Put on the pressure
Then the whole thing breaks
How come we wait?
Why do we hate?
We're falling away like the last crusade
We rearrange
We need to change
before we suffocate
Can't hold this in
And keep it quiet any longer
I've fallen in
And now this feeling's getting stronger
Can't hold this in
And keep it quiet any longer
I've fallen in
And now this feeling's getting stronger
Take my breath away
Now I'm trying to get up
I'm trying to retrace
My steps back
To where ever I messed up
Is forever enough?
I'm holding on
I know you'll be there whenever I wake up
(Now I'm trying to get up)
I'm trying to retrace
I've fallen in
(and now this feeling's getting stronger)
You take my breath away
Now I'm trying to get up
I'm trying to retrace
my steps back
to where ever I messed up
Is forever enough? (Is forever enough?)
I'm holding on
I know you'll be there
Whenever I wake up
Whenever I wake up
I know you'll be there whenever I wake up
Whenever I wake up
If I wake up!
What makes all of us hate?
Show us the way
Before it' too late
And the whole thing breaks
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
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"Waht makes all of us hate we're all the same we roll the dice and we play your game,
and I beliave he is praying to God when he says "Can't hold this in and keep it quiet any longer, I'm falling in and this feeling's getting stronger.
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