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 can’t get her off of my chest unless I’m sleeping on my side
It’s like drowning when the water may only exist in my head
So I’ll put a hole there
So I’ll put a hole there and let my seas spill onto your shores
Rendering your plane of thinking a dizzy little girl on the edge of the world
Don’t tell me
Don’t tell me that there is nothing to fear
Trying to share it is a reckless endeavor
I can’t take the weight of this head full of water
I don’t sleep I hardly move
You won’t sleep you won’t move at all
When what you see and what you believe are 2 different things
2 different things
You can really start to wear down and lose it
And they will never see it
It’s like drowning when the water may only exist in my head
So I’ll put a hole there
So I’ll put a hole there and let my seas spill onto your shores
Rendering your plane of thinking a dizzy little girl on the edge of the world
Don’t tell me
Don’t tell me that there is nothing to fear
Trying to share it is a reckless endeavor
I can’t take the weight of this head full of water
I don’t sleep I hardly move
You won’t sleep you won’t move at all
When what you see and what you believe are 2 different things
2 different things
You can really start to wear down and lose it
And they will never see it
Lyrics submitted by theTyrant
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I think this song is about a subject I learned about in my last philosophy class: Plato and his knowledge of opinion. It is like his theory of seeing a shadow of a real object. It is not the real object, but is a shadow put there by the stronger, more powerful people in order to control them.
Also, in the beginning, he mentions not being able to get her off of his chest. later, he states "you won't sleep, you won't move at all." It seems as if he is addressing himself. He will never get her off of his chest. Maybe this is a statment about some sort of omnipitent being(such as god).