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.
take your lonely words
and the lipstick that you smeared
moments seeking
they photograph our lives
take it still like the air
your hands lock in
cool and bare
and still i pose
and still i pose
i tried to second guess you
as i touched the ground
i can't wait this through
to see you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
a night of regret
and you're all alone
i patiently await
i patiently await
your eyes staring
at the glowing sky
it takes away tonight
it takes away tonight
i tried to second guess you
as i touched the ground
i can't wait this through
to see you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
it's all she said
to you
check your error
load your gun
it's all she said
and still i pose
i can't take it
i can't accept the things you know
i'll see you lie
i can take
i can accept the things you know
i can tell you
to see you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
it's all she said
check your error, load your gun
and still i pose
and the lipstick that you smeared
moments seeking
they photograph our lives
take it still like the air
your hands lock in
cool and bare
and still i pose
and still i pose
i tried to second guess you
as i touched the ground
i can't wait this through
to see you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
a night of regret
and you're all alone
i patiently await
i patiently await
your eyes staring
at the glowing sky
it takes away tonight
it takes away tonight
i tried to second guess you
as i touched the ground
i can't wait this through
to see you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
it's all she said
to you
check your error
load your gun
it's all she said
and still i pose
i can't take it
i can't accept the things you know
i'll see you lie
i can take
i can accept the things you know
i can tell you
to see you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
you're tasteless and forward
and i can't take my eyes off you
it's all she said
to you
it's all she said
check your error, load your gun
and still i pose
Lyrics submitted by willgeez
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i tried to second guess you as i touched the ground i can't wait this through to see you (She tells herself in a moment of thinking realistically, she cant wait for him, she never could. Her waiting is ruining them. They had their time she is trying to force something that isn’t ment to be in the future, their time was in the past.) you're tasteless and forward and i can't take my eyes off you it's all she said to you (She tells him and herself her true thoughts as she looks back on everything when she has grown up. He was actually not that great of a person, hes not the kind of guy she wants to marry and be with forever. They arent supposed to be together, they are too different.
you're tasteless and forward and i can't take my eyes off you it's all she said to you (They don’t get along, they don’t have anything in common, nothing to talk about- but still she cant shake him)
a night of regret and you're all alone i patiently await i patiently await
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