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.
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
Get you ya cunts
Come on, the SPG
Blacked out cars, obsessed with pain
Checked addresses, any old thing
Looking for robbers running around
Flushing people, killing ground
The SPG
You can't walk about the streets at night
If you see them, keep out of sight
Running about in the back alleys
Jump in the van and off they speed
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
The SPG
SPG jumping bones
SPG harassing me
Looking for punks in the night
It goes well, arrested me
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Come on, the SPG
Smash you up good around their street
If they fuckin catch ya they'll knock you off your feet
Have you behind bars by the time you bleed
Mashin' ya and bashin' like swollen meat
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
Get you ya cunts
Come on, the SPG
Blacked out cars, obsessed with pain
Checked addresses, any old thing
Looking for robbers running around
Flushing people, killing ground
The SPG
You can't walk about the streets at night
If you see them, keep out of sight
Running about in the back alleys
Jump in the van and off they speed
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
The SPG
SPG jumping bones
SPG harassing me
Looking for punks in the night
It goes well, arrested me
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Come on, the SPG
Smash you up good around their street
If they fuckin catch ya they'll knock you off your feet
Have you behind bars by the time you bleed
Mashin' ya and bashin' like swollen meat
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude, edited by Tricci
S.P.G. Lyrics as written by Glenn Campbell Walter Buchan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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