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.
I want you to know
When I look in your eyes
With every blow
Comes another lie
You think it's all right
You think it's all right
You think it's all right
You think it's all right
Can't you feel the knife?
Can't you feel the knife?
Can't you feel the knife?
Can't you feel the knife?
When I look in your eyes
With every blow
Comes another lie
You think it's all right
You think it's all right
You think it's all right
You think it's all right
Can't you feel the knife?
Can't you feel the knife?
Can't you feel the knife?
Can't you feel the knife?
Lyrics submitted by sincereAccidents
Knife Lyrics as written by Edward Droste Christopher Bear
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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shit is soo chill
fits perfectly when burnt out&blazed
@JamzXIV My interpretation of this is someone you have a relationship with being careless and possibly disingenuous and not really thinking about, perceiving, or understanding how their treatment is affecting you. And, it's like, er, do you have, like, empathy? Can't you see how harmful this is? Do you care?
haha i loved it when Zach Condon from Beirut sang it
made me think of cutting
i feel like this song is someone reaching out to a friend of theirs that is addicted to drugs; because they mention the eye & "blow," its a sad way of life, but addicts always seem to "think it's alright" when really its as if they're stabbing a knife into the people close to them.
and himself
for me this song has described the feeling of trying to maintain a friendship with someone who doesn't return my romantic feelings. i guess my lie would be that i told him it was alright. he thinks it's alright. and. it still hurts me. feelin' the knife.
confronting somebody you love and have them lie right to your face. ouch.
sinister, though.. convincingly, a song from a wife-beater?
This song is beautiful...I love the way it sounds...
and I understand where they're coming from with the lyrics...being lied to by someone you care about is never alright...
The video is fucking crazy....
i well prefer zach condons drunken version :)