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.
Sewed everything you said
Together in a thread
Repeating in my mind
Each word like a rhyme
Like a penny seranade
Looking through his song
He said the record's overplayed
Well, where did I go wrong?
You never stayed at first,
Could not commit the time
Ignored all the quirks
But he still did the crime
And when he goes away
I know you'll call and cry
And when he calls up to tell
Know I'm gonna try
But i know you're mine
When you're on the line
Is it something i said?
Would you let him walk away?
Got it stuck in my head!
Don't you hear a word i say?
Is it something i said?
Every night the same old moan,
It's AAAHHH
Waiting 'til my joe comes home
"Everytime he asks me how i feel, when i tell him, the phone goes dead."
I'm the queen of QVC
You're leaning on my ear
You mean the world to me
Though the connection isn't clear
Like my ink sputs 78's
Convenient when you're low
Feel like an antelope on a nature show
I guess i gotta go
But I know you're mine
When I'm on the line
Is it something i said?
Would you let him walk away?
Got it stuck in my head!
Don't you hear a word i say?
Is it something i said?
Everytime we're on the phone
It's AAAHHH
Waiting 'til my joe comes home
Hey
Cast away romance
What's it gonna take?
No knights with shiny armor
Hey
Try a different dance
Oh, i'm a real bee charmer
Well I scold and I scratched to make him stay
But he don't want to know from me
Why that old alley cat, he runs away
Lock the door and lose the key
Is it something i said?
Would you let him walk away?
Got it stuck in my head!
Don't you hear a word i say?
Is it something i said?
Everynight the same trombone
It's AAAHHH
Waiting 'til my joe comes home
Hey, hey
Let's forget romance
Let's correct romance
No knights with shiny armor
What's it gonna take?
Try a different dance
Well I'm a real bee charmer
Together in a thread
Repeating in my mind
Each word like a rhyme
Like a penny seranade
Looking through his song
He said the record's overplayed
Well, where did I go wrong?
You never stayed at first,
Could not commit the time
Ignored all the quirks
But he still did the crime
And when he goes away
I know you'll call and cry
And when he calls up to tell
Know I'm gonna try
But i know you're mine
When you're on the line
Is it something i said?
Would you let him walk away?
Got it stuck in my head!
Don't you hear a word i say?
Is it something i said?
Every night the same old moan,
It's AAAHHH
Waiting 'til my joe comes home
"Everytime he asks me how i feel, when i tell him, the phone goes dead."
I'm the queen of QVC
You're leaning on my ear
You mean the world to me
Though the connection isn't clear
Like my ink sputs 78's
Convenient when you're low
Feel like an antelope on a nature show
I guess i gotta go
But I know you're mine
When I'm on the line
Is it something i said?
Would you let him walk away?
Got it stuck in my head!
Don't you hear a word i say?
Is it something i said?
Everytime we're on the phone
It's AAAHHH
Waiting 'til my joe comes home
Hey
Cast away romance
What's it gonna take?
No knights with shiny armor
Hey
Try a different dance
Oh, i'm a real bee charmer
Well I scold and I scratched to make him stay
But he don't want to know from me
Why that old alley cat, he runs away
Lock the door and lose the key
Is it something i said?
Would you let him walk away?
Got it stuck in my head!
Don't you hear a word i say?
Is it something i said?
Everynight the same trombone
It's AAAHHH
Waiting 'til my joe comes home
Hey, hey
Let's forget romance
Let's correct romance
No knights with shiny armor
What's it gonna take?
Try a different dance
Well I'm a real bee charmer
Lyrics submitted by ari8822
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