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.
The lights go down, outside (before our cars collide)
So we silhouette ourselves (in forty shades of fire)
Do you know where this is leading? I'll meet you there.
The other side of the crash.
On the other side of the glass.
All out friends are falling out, can't look us in the eye,
Or bear to hear that broken sound.
Happens when you're all alone,
Inside, in the middle of the night I hear your voice,
I feel ashamed every time you say, "Car crash came and car crash went, so I went along with it..."
Because the girl you love's not coming back.
It'll never be the same, don't look away. I need to know if this is real. Don't look away.
The hospital ward sleeps
Thought the surgery
Hiding needles in the drawer
(for emergencies)
While outside they wait
In the pouring rain
On the other side of the glass.
Don't look away. I need to know if this is real.
Don't look away. I need to know - when will this end?
Don't look away
Over and out (of control)
The I.V. drips the days drag on
Adjust the light switch in the hall
Maybe the x-ray screen keeps it from getting dark
But the bulb burns out when it gets too hot.
Keep crashing this car (over and over)
Keep crashing this car (over and over)
Keep crashing this car (over and over)
Keep crashing this car (until it spins)
Out of control
So hold me close or I might disappear this time
Out of control
We fight currents in the water
When we can't let go of the shore.
We've lost control.
So we silhouette ourselves (in forty shades of fire)
Do you know where this is leading? I'll meet you there.
The other side of the crash.
On the other side of the glass.
All out friends are falling out, can't look us in the eye,
Or bear to hear that broken sound.
Happens when you're all alone,
Inside, in the middle of the night I hear your voice,
I feel ashamed every time you say, "Car crash came and car crash went, so I went along with it..."
Because the girl you love's not coming back.
It'll never be the same, don't look away. I need to know if this is real. Don't look away.
The hospital ward sleeps
Thought the surgery
Hiding needles in the drawer
(for emergencies)
While outside they wait
In the pouring rain
On the other side of the glass.
Don't look away. I need to know if this is real.
Don't look away. I need to know - when will this end?
Don't look away
Over and out (of control)
The I.V. drips the days drag on
Adjust the light switch in the hall
Maybe the x-ray screen keeps it from getting dark
But the bulb burns out when it gets too hot.
Keep crashing this car (over and over)
Keep crashing this car (over and over)
Keep crashing this car (over and over)
Keep crashing this car (until it spins)
Out of control
So hold me close or I might disappear this time
Out of control
We fight currents in the water
When we can't let go of the shore.
We've lost control.
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I think this is coming from the perspective of the person who was killed in the car accident, sitting in the hospital barely hanging on, who will eventually die. Seems kind of like a dream too.
"We fight currents in the water when we can't let go of the shore"
I love this line and if you have ever not let go of something, you'll clearly understand this....You go through so many more obstacles when you don't let go, but for some people you'll truely never be the same again, therefore you "went along with it [the crash]"
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"Don't look away! I need to know if this is real."
Is like needing to have proof, not being able to comprehend what happened....Ralph Waldo Emerson lost the love of his life early in their relationship and for months he had to continuely go look at her body. I don't think he ever got over it.
The whole "out of control" part to me is coming from a person that always is usually in control...and when they aren't it's a hard to fathom.
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I wish they didn't take out some parts that I thought were key to making the demo good. Por exemple: "I'm openig up my eyes", the extra parts at the "IV drips" and some other parts. I always thought that the chorus nedded tweaking. Also the "Keep crashing this car" part seems a bit dumbed down. But oh well still a good song
I wish they didn't take out some parts that I thought were key to making the demo good. Por exemple: "I'm openig up my eyes", the extra parts at the "IV drips" and some other parts. I always thought that the chorus nedded tweaking. Also the "Keep crashing this car" part seems a bit dumbed down. But oh well still a good song
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the crash in understanding in a car crash can be a metaphor for disaster..or for that lowest point before renewal..like an alcoholic or drug addict situation..then this is the aftermath...what those who couldn't make it left behind, adn thr struggles that the survivors face...but i personally feel that there really is a crash..that that is the catalyst into this song
i think the last few lines "Keep crashing this car, over and over..." are just apart of the continuation/reference of Understanding's line "Crash my car everday the same way..." and just the pain of living with he guilt of killing a friend in an accident and you always have to live witht the event replaying over and over in your mind
plz !! what a load of crap, it is abt a car crash !!