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.
You say that Gainesville's got no soul
Well that sounds like a good excuse for coming home
And this Tallahassee skyline that keeps singing out a song
And now it's your song they've been singing all night long
And this Tallahassee rooftop just keeps calling out your name
To come and sing
So stay
So stay
So stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
I'll sing you every song I know if it will make you want to stay
And then I'll say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you, to stay
I poured through every song I wrote
Every line that I've cried every note that was split with this pen
And every line in every song, they all seemed to come out wrong,
Until
Your song
So lets sing it all night long
And this Tallahassee skyline hasn't changed
While the view from every rooftop says to stay
So stay
Stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
Ill sing you every song I know if it will make you to stay
That I missed you and these words
They'll convince you
And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say, "I missed you boy"
Now sing it over again, and over again, and over again (x3)
Still you'd say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you
And I'm hoping as I kiss you
[Repeat x2]
And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say, "I missed you boy"
So sing it over again, and over again, and over again
Well that sounds like a good excuse for coming home
And this Tallahassee skyline that keeps singing out a song
And now it's your song they've been singing all night long
And this Tallahassee rooftop just keeps calling out your name
To come and sing
So stay
So stay
So stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
I'll sing you every song I know if it will make you want to stay
And then I'll say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you, to stay
I poured through every song I wrote
Every line that I've cried every note that was split with this pen
And every line in every song, they all seemed to come out wrong,
Until
Your song
So lets sing it all night long
And this Tallahassee skyline hasn't changed
While the view from every rooftop says to stay
So stay
Stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
Ill sing you every song I know if it will make you to stay
That I missed you and these words
They'll convince you
And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say, "I missed you boy"
Now sing it over again, and over again, and over again (x3)
Still you'd say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you
And I'm hoping as I kiss you
[Repeat x2]
And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say, "I missed you boy"
So sing it over again, and over again, and over again
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208, edited by ngctl
Your Song Lyrics as written by Brooks Patrick Betts Alexander Antonio Garcia
Lyrics © THE TALLAHASSEE SKYLINE PUBLISHING, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Well to be honest I only started listening to them about ... 3 weeks ago because of the girl that does me hair. She’s going out with one of them I just can’t remember which one and I know she’s told me the name more then once so it’s driving me crazy right now lol (yeah I kinda zone out sometimes, The first time she told me about them I couldn’t remember there name, and this time she told me about a show there playing at the beta bar on the 24th) but yeah
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