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.
Everyday there's a lesson learned
The absurd is just a precious word
Don't abide your mind into the moments of
That you wish you would rewind
Or all the things you've done and all the things you'll do
Will come back to haunt and stalk you
Keep a dull closed mind
Closed tight focus behind
Let's blend in far withdrawn
There's no touch around it
Controversy be sounding
The same let down ,down
Take a number tense and
Rise in line
I've got to advise behind
This rabid state of mind
Clock work renegade
The temptress made
This misdirected second stage
For the knowledge to pave the way
All the days alone I have spent
And still I'm left with contempt
Over,under and around again
Until you see the bright light that blinded him
There's your last chapter forever last sentence
Found the breaking point but now your left helpless
Keep a dull closed mind
Closed tight focus behind
Let's blend in far withdrawn
There's no touch around it
Controversy be sounding
The same let down ,down
Take a number tense and
Rise in line
I've got to advise behind
This rabid state of mind
Clock work renegade
The temptress made
This misdirected second stage
For the knowledge to pave the way
You've been knocking at my door,please just go away
I don't want to play
No you'll never make me feel like
I was ever a part of you
How would you think that I could try
To make your life a part of me?
The absurd is just a precious word
Don't abide your mind into the moments of
That you wish you would rewind
Or all the things you've done and all the things you'll do
Will come back to haunt and stalk you
Keep a dull closed mind
Closed tight focus behind
Let's blend in far withdrawn
There's no touch around it
Controversy be sounding
The same let down ,down
Take a number tense and
Rise in line
I've got to advise behind
This rabid state of mind
Clock work renegade
The temptress made
This misdirected second stage
For the knowledge to pave the way
All the days alone I have spent
And still I'm left with contempt
Over,under and around again
Until you see the bright light that blinded him
There's your last chapter forever last sentence
Found the breaking point but now your left helpless
Keep a dull closed mind
Closed tight focus behind
Let's blend in far withdrawn
There's no touch around it
Controversy be sounding
The same let down ,down
Take a number tense and
Rise in line
I've got to advise behind
This rabid state of mind
Clock work renegade
The temptress made
This misdirected second stage
For the knowledge to pave the way
You've been knocking at my door,please just go away
I don't want to play
No you'll never make me feel like
I was ever a part of you
How would you think that I could try
To make your life a part of me?
Lyrics submitted by broadway beav
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