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.
In the sun burnt fields I saw you and my world span around (and I)
Thought to myself I am falling
Then I walked through town
I found you at the end of the day we lay down by the edge of the bay
One breath of the sea
One taste of the brine
And I was yours and you were mine
Then it came to all the distance
And the days in between
We fell so deep into the space of what we say and we mean
Full of fears there's a price to pay
I close my eyes and I'm in that day
One breath of the sea
One taste of the brine
And I was yours and you were mine
Oh my love I was drowning in sight of the shore
You brought me round you revived me
And now I want more
Of the fishes and the caves tumbling down
The tides and the waves are throwing me around
One breath of the sea
One taste of the brine
And I was yours and you were mine
And I'm caught in the nets and you're in the ropes and the lines entwined
But I'm yours and you're mine
Thought to myself I am falling
Then I walked through town
I found you at the end of the day we lay down by the edge of the bay
One breath of the sea
One taste of the brine
And I was yours and you were mine
Then it came to all the distance
And the days in between
We fell so deep into the space of what we say and we mean
Full of fears there's a price to pay
I close my eyes and I'm in that day
One breath of the sea
One taste of the brine
And I was yours and you were mine
Oh my love I was drowning in sight of the shore
You brought me round you revived me
And now I want more
Of the fishes and the caves tumbling down
The tides and the waves are throwing me around
One breath of the sea
One taste of the brine
And I was yours and you were mine
And I'm caught in the nets and you're in the ropes and the lines entwined
But I'm yours and you're mine
Lyrics submitted by Moontouched
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