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.
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brilliant song...so haunting...
It feels like a song that you'd listen to when nothing is really going right. You're lonely and sad, and everything you try to do to make yourself feel better doesn't help at all.
At around 1:30 in the song a ray of hope enters, and you think that things might finally be getting better, but this feeling ends around 2:15 and the sad mood returns. The mood is heightened by the violin playing at around 2:50. While I think this song is sad, it does end with the "happy" section of the song, which makes me view this as an uplifting song.
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