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.
Go on parade and fade
Hit the scene and slow
Spending all your time with some girl
You'll never get to know
Wound up tight
Dressed all in white
Some torn main sail
Blowing out to drift
Leave you even if
You live up in your head
Scared of every little noise
Someone's always breaking in accidentally
Using nothing but their voice
Shrill and small
Echo down the hall
Repeating pet names
See it in your eyes
You're only passing by
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Someone's in the way
Of pretty words and inside slurs
All the things they have to say to perform
The work that they've rehearsed
It's a waste of time
I'd put it behind me once and for all
And let the hype decline
If the problem wasn't mine
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Hit the scene and slow
Spending all your time with some girl
You'll never get to know
Wound up tight
Dressed all in white
Some torn main sail
Blowing out to drift
Leave you even if
You live up in your head
Scared of every little noise
Someone's always breaking in accidentally
Using nothing but their voice
Shrill and small
Echo down the hall
Repeating pet names
See it in your eyes
You're only passing by
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Someone's in the way
Of pretty words and inside slurs
All the things they have to say to perform
The work that they've rehearsed
It's a waste of time
I'd put it behind me once and for all
And let the hype decline
If the problem wasn't mine
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Go by, go by
Lyrics submitted by tronistroy, edited by wordsdrawnigh
Go By Lyrics as written by Steven Paul Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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yeeeeeeeeeeah, no. lyrics are:
Go on parade and fade Hit the scene in slow Spending all your time with some girl You'll never get to know Wound up tight Dressed all in white Some torment saint Blowing out to drift Leave you even if
You live up in your head Scared of every little noise Someone's always breaking in accidentally Using nothing but their voice Shrill and small Echo down the hall Repeating pet names Seeing it in your eyes You're only passing by Go by Someone's in the way Pretty words and inside slurs All the things they have to say To perform the work that they've rehearsed It's a waste of time I put it behind me Once and for all And let the hype decline If the problem wasn't mine Go by