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.
Amanda Rogers - This Beauty
When your words
Come too easily for me to believe
And this paint goes on too thinly
To peel away
I will find
A silver lining sometime
Blur my vision
And I'll be fine
And I'll be fine...
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
I'm imperfect to me
And I'll be seen
When your words
Run forever in my mind
And those greens
And those blues
Seem too perfect to true
I will light a fire every time
I think to myself
I will be fine
I will be fine
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
I'm imperfect to me
And I'll be seen
And I'll go home
I will be
And I'll be strong for showing me
This beauty is not clear to me
This beauty is not clear to me
To me, to me, to me...
To me, to me, to me...
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
I'm imperfect to me
And I'll be seen
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
This beauty will be clearer to me
To me, to me, to me...
When your words
Come too easily for me to believe
And this paint goes on too thinly
To peel away
I will find
A silver lining sometime
Blur my vision
And I'll be fine
And I'll be fine...
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
I'm imperfect to me
And I'll be seen
When your words
Run forever in my mind
And those greens
And those blues
Seem too perfect to true
I will light a fire every time
I think to myself
I will be fine
I will be fine
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
I'm imperfect to me
And I'll be seen
And I'll go home
I will be
And I'll be strong for showing me
This beauty is not clear to me
This beauty is not clear to me
To me, to me, to me...
To me, to me, to me...
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
I'm imperfect to me
And I'll be seen
From the pages of the magazines
I hate the way they look at me
With every smile and every laugh
There's something I will always lack
And maybe, just maybe
This beauty will be clearer to me
To me, to me, to me...
Lyrics submitted by yourcocaine
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peace and love.
It must be pretty scary when so many people tell you they like your beauty. I think it is about not seeing what others see in you, though I think we can admire others' beauty without crossing the line.
Nope. It's about feeling one does not measure up to others. The beauty ideal (for women at least) is found w/in the pages of fashion magazines, yet we so often forget that these women are paid for their beauty. They are not the norm. They are also professionally dressed and made up (with makeup and hair styles). Some pics are airbrushed to diminish any human 'flaw.' S/he lacks the smiles and laughs due to her insecurity because she can't seem to understand that true beauty is found within...much like the gorgeous wrapping paper we remove from the gift it covers. It's not the paper we keep around and admire. It's what's inside that paper that has substance. (This is not to say that beautiful women/men cannot be bright; warm; intelligent, etc...) Some of us never see our beauty (our worth) because we have been hoodwinked by society's idea of beauty and priority.
I never looked at it like that, that makes sense, thank you.
I left out the most important part...someone has seen her beauty ("When your words<br /> Run forever in my mind And those greens And those blues Seem too perfect to true I will light a fire every time") and she wants desperately to believe she is beautiful, too ("And maybe, just maybe This beauty will be clearer to me"). Obviously it's all subjective for we have no way of knowing what the singer meant unless s/he told us. <br /> I am the LAST person you should look to for lyrical interpretation. I am HORRIBLE understanding metaphors, deeper meanings, etc.
I think you are doing great!!! Thank you.