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.
Why do I try - sometimes I need reasons
For leaving songs after I stop breathing
Long after I'm gone - what greater gift will be there
If I struggle, if I dig deep, go every night without sleep
Torturin' myself till I give every piece away and there's nothing left.
Till I don't wanna talk, I don't wanna fuck
I just wanna shoot up into space where I can blow up
Into pieces that float into nowhere - I wanna go there
Where I won't know care, where I won't know existence
Resistance, for an instance, for a moment
We can fight but every moment will always be lost.
I can't believe what you're sayin' now
Nothing is real except for pain now
Life is a deal I never made now
Tossed into skin - I need a way out
I had to blow my brains out
No matter how we spend our time
Every tick of the clock counting down
We lose our minds trying to find a way
To make it all stop - climbing for years
Out of fear that we won't reach the top
My hands are numb and I need to just drop
I can't believe what you're sayin' now
Nothing is real except for pain now
Life is a deal I never made now
Tossed into skin - I need a way out
I had to blow my brains out
I need a way out
For leaving songs after I stop breathing
Long after I'm gone - what greater gift will be there
If I struggle, if I dig deep, go every night without sleep
Torturin' myself till I give every piece away and there's nothing left.
Till I don't wanna talk, I don't wanna fuck
I just wanna shoot up into space where I can blow up
Into pieces that float into nowhere - I wanna go there
Where I won't know care, where I won't know existence
Resistance, for an instance, for a moment
We can fight but every moment will always be lost.
I can't believe what you're sayin' now
Nothing is real except for pain now
Life is a deal I never made now
Tossed into skin - I need a way out
I had to blow my brains out
No matter how we spend our time
Every tick of the clock counting down
We lose our minds trying to find a way
To make it all stop - climbing for years
Out of fear that we won't reach the top
My hands are numb and I need to just drop
I can't believe what you're sayin' now
Nothing is real except for pain now
Life is a deal I never made now
Tossed into skin - I need a way out
I had to blow my brains out
I need a way out
Lyrics submitted by Elimination
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