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 act like a dog
If I adore my wife
Read the paper at breakfast
At least of drop of Red Stripe
Think of Sophie and the single matrimonial bed
Everything will be forgiven when I'm dead
I can laugh like a fool
When nothing is funny
Make you clean my kitchen
When the weather is sunny
I can pick up an apple
Eat a jar of honey (hoooooooneyyyy)
Drink and gamble
Lose our household money (hoooooneyyy)
Punch your brother in the head
Everything will be forgiven when I'm dead
You just gotta be honest
I just gotta be mean
In the end
The truth will set us free
In the end
The truth will set us free
Man is naturally mean
Man is just a machine
There's nothing to hide
Or we'll decede
You just gotta be honest
I just gotta be mean
In the end
The truth will set us free
In the end
The truth will set us free
The truth will set us free
If I adore my wife
Read the paper at breakfast
At least of drop of Red Stripe
Think of Sophie and the single matrimonial bed
Everything will be forgiven when I'm dead
I can laugh like a fool
When nothing is funny
Make you clean my kitchen
When the weather is sunny
I can pick up an apple
Eat a jar of honey (hoooooooneyyyy)
Drink and gamble
Lose our household money (hoooooneyyy)
Punch your brother in the head
Everything will be forgiven when I'm dead
You just gotta be honest
I just gotta be mean
In the end
The truth will set us free
In the end
The truth will set us free
Man is naturally mean
Man is just a machine
There's nothing to hide
Or we'll decede
You just gotta be honest
I just gotta be mean
In the end
The truth will set us free
In the end
The truth will set us free
The truth will set us free
Lyrics submitted by RainbowPony
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