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.
Surrender your furniture
Push the television out the window
Over-medicated, this must be the sunks
So if you can't understand the blues, you don't know much
With much love for science and youthful defiance
We struck blindly at the roots of this tree
Its branches got broken, pissed on and trampled
Oh please forgive us, oh mighty shady tree
Oh please forgive us, oh mighty doomsday tree
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless wheel of time
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless spokes of time
It's time to stick a fork in the merciless socket of time
It's time to be sewn into the limitless fabric of time
They'll call you a wash-up when you can't stay sunk
It's a shame to be so wet so young
Living your life with much love for science
And the youthful defiance, we struck blindly at the roots of this tree
Whose branches got broken, pissed on and trampled
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless wheel of time
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless spokes of time
It's time to stick a fork in the merciless socket of time
It's time to be sewn into the limitless fabric of time
Push the television out the window
Over-medicated, this must be the sunks
So if you can't understand the blues, you don't know much
With much love for science and youthful defiance
We struck blindly at the roots of this tree
Its branches got broken, pissed on and trampled
Oh please forgive us, oh mighty shady tree
Oh please forgive us, oh mighty doomsday tree
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless wheel of time
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless spokes of time
It's time to stick a fork in the merciless socket of time
It's time to be sewn into the limitless fabric of time
They'll call you a wash-up when you can't stay sunk
It's a shame to be so wet so young
Living your life with much love for science
And the youthful defiance, we struck blindly at the roots of this tree
Whose branches got broken, pissed on and trampled
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless wheel of time
It's time to stick your branches in the merciless spokes of time
It's time to stick a fork in the merciless socket of time
It's time to be sewn into the limitless fabric of time
Lyrics submitted by xopitselehxo
The Sunks Lyrics as written by Matthew Ryan Maginn Clint Frederick Schnase
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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