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.
Corazon
By the school, on the street
You were dropped of with a sign
"This piano is free"
You didn't look free to me
Cast aside, obsolete
Since they canceled music class
You'd been a refugee
But now I'll give you a home
Corazon
So I pushed and I heaved
But your weight bore down like I could not believe
Had you accepted defeat?
Till the crowd gathered round put away their goings on
And hunkered down and they were cheering you on, Corazon
Corazon
And the expert, with his tools
Said "to bring it up to patch"
We'd snap the sucker in two
I guess we're tuning to you
So I pulled up a seat and
I swear I felt a pulse beneath your keys
To urge your hammers along
Corazon
I was caught, I was stuck
And my thoughts couldn't bind and deepening the rut
Until your first chord struck
Now I search on my shore
But my God you've given another chance to love
And now I'll give you a home
Corazon
By the school, on the street
You were dropped of with a sign
"This piano is free"
You didn't look free to me
Cast aside, obsolete
Since they canceled music class
You'd been a refugee
But now I'll give you a home
Corazon
So I pushed and I heaved
But your weight bore down like I could not believe
Had you accepted defeat?
Till the crowd gathered round put away their goings on
And hunkered down and they were cheering you on, Corazon
Corazon
And the expert, with his tools
Said "to bring it up to patch"
We'd snap the sucker in two
I guess we're tuning to you
So I pulled up a seat and
I swear I felt a pulse beneath your keys
To urge your hammers along
Corazon
I was caught, I was stuck
And my thoughts couldn't bind and deepening the rut
Until your first chord struck
Now I search on my shore
But my God you've given another chance to love
And now I'll give you a home
Corazon
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