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.
Couldn’t be much if it was all you wanted of me.
And I could let you have it.
Couldn’t be much if all you ever want is to be free.
And I can’t let you have it.
I was lightly sleeping when the lights went out of me.
And the room was strictly quiet
And the world rumbly stopping to see what’s wrong with me
Most of all in you can’t buy it.
So I let it go, cuz I hear its wrong to be here when I’m lost.
Won’t you watch me go?
So much for so long, to be you is all I want.
Terribly things can happen when you wait too long to speak
If you want why don’t you try it?
Lets start with something you can ill afford to keep.
Oh come on you just divide it.
So I let it go, cuz I hear its wrong to be here when I’m lost.
Won’t you watch me go?
So much for so long, to be you is all I want.
To rely on anyone is just like sinking for the fun of it.
Cuz no one has no help.
Just to feel like 17, a wasted throw back in between the bricks that keep you in places
Take me somewhere far away, can’t we go there?
So I let it go, cuz I hear its wrong to be here when I’m lost.
Won’t you watch me go?
So much for so long, to be you is all I want.
To rely on anyone is just like sinking for the fun of it.
Cuz no one has no help.
Just to feel like 17, a wasted throw back in between the bricks that keep you in places
Take me somewhere far away, can’t we go there to the lake?
And I could let you have it.
Couldn’t be much if all you ever want is to be free.
And I can’t let you have it.
I was lightly sleeping when the lights went out of me.
And the room was strictly quiet
And the world rumbly stopping to see what’s wrong with me
Most of all in you can’t buy it.
So I let it go, cuz I hear its wrong to be here when I’m lost.
Won’t you watch me go?
So much for so long, to be you is all I want.
Terribly things can happen when you wait too long to speak
If you want why don’t you try it?
Lets start with something you can ill afford to keep.
Oh come on you just divide it.
So I let it go, cuz I hear its wrong to be here when I’m lost.
Won’t you watch me go?
So much for so long, to be you is all I want.
To rely on anyone is just like sinking for the fun of it.
Cuz no one has no help.
Just to feel like 17, a wasted throw back in between the bricks that keep you in places
Take me somewhere far away, can’t we go there?
So I let it go, cuz I hear its wrong to be here when I’m lost.
Won’t you watch me go?
So much for so long, to be you is all I want.
To rely on anyone is just like sinking for the fun of it.
Cuz no one has no help.
Just to feel like 17, a wasted throw back in between the bricks that keep you in places
Take me somewhere far away, can’t we go there to the lake?
Lyrics submitted by punkybreester
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but besides that, this song is most definitely about a rocky relationship. sharing is caring and when one side of the party is not willing to give up a little bit of everything to make it work, it won't. period.
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