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 to live, I want to to give
I want to to live, I want to to give
I've been a miner, for a heart of gold
It's these expressions, I'll never give,
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood
I crossed an ocean, for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching, yea, yea,
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, of gold, I said,
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood,
I crossed an ocean for a heart of gold.
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line.
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, yea,
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, yea,
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And, and I'm getting old, I said, a-I am getting old
I said, I am getting old, I said, I am-
Keeps me searching, for a heart of gold
Keeps me searching, keep me, keep me, keep me, keep me,
Keep, me, keep me, keep me, keep me,
Keep me, keep me, keep me, keep, me,
Keep me, keep me, keep me, keep me,
Keep me, keep me, err
I want to to live, I want to to give
I want to to give
I've been a miner, for a heart of gold
It's these expressions,
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old, I, I've been to Hollywood.
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood,
I crossed an ocean, for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold.
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood,
I, I crossed an ocean for a heart of gold,
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line.
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of, gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old, and I'm a-getting old
I said, I am, yea, I am, said I am, yea, yea,
You keep me searching, I am, yea, I am
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, yea [Repeats]
I want to to live, I want to to give
I've been a miner, for a heart of gold
It's these expressions, I'll never give,
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood
I crossed an ocean, for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching, yea, yea,
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, of gold, I said,
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood,
I crossed an ocean for a heart of gold.
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line.
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, yea,
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, yea,
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And, and I'm getting old, I said, a-I am getting old
I said, I am getting old, I said, I am-
Keeps me searching, for a heart of gold
Keeps me searching, keep me, keep me, keep me, keep me,
Keep, me, keep me, keep me, keep me,
Keep me, keep me, keep me, keep, me,
Keep me, keep me, keep me, keep me,
Keep me, keep me, err
I want to to live, I want to to give
I want to to give
I've been a miner, for a heart of gold
It's these expressions,
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old, I, I've been to Hollywood.
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood,
I crossed an ocean, for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold.
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
I've been to Hollywood, I've been to redwood,
I, I crossed an ocean for a heart of gold,
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line.
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of, gold
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old, and I'm a-getting old
I said, I am, yea, I am, said I am, yea, yea,
You keep me searching, I am, yea, I am
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold, yea [Repeats]
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