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.
This wasn't for you. This wasn't FOR anyone. It's simply a remoke of a classic. We held hands, we shared beds. She told her that we were lovers. Were we? But this wasn't for you really, what's the cat to do when the mouse is begging? ('02)
'areyouinorareyouout? youcan'twineitherway," he said,'butthefallwillbefantasticandwhat'sleftisnothinglessthanperfection."
It's freezing, but it is the desert, what to do? maybe we'll see a body. Maybe we'll see a few. I shook, did you?
Please, sit down. May I offer you something? Anything you wish..NO NOTHING. IF YOU DON'T MIND, THIS WILL BE RECORDED...
They started far off...but they resound, as sharp as they sound. You can't mistake the sound. First the click, the the visible breath, both parting the bitting cold of the night. They came, they come in time....
Is there something I should know or have I just seen too much?
We were once together, now i'm simply surrounded.
They were perfect, they were beautiful. They met in the middle of of nowhere, in the middle of nothing, and kissed where everyone could see. No words. No before. No after. They kissed and it was perfect. it was beautiful. It was everything. It was nothing.
Eventually it all comes back to this. Eventually you have nothing else. Shame really. MAY I GET YOU SOMETHING? Give me anything.
I saw you in the picture you took with them when you were with him and I took you from it and kept you for myself. WAIT FLASH TAPE'S STILL ROLLING
The power went out. I turned on the radio. The power went out. I turned on the radio. The power went out. I turned on the radio.... I heard a voice
'areyouinorareyouout? youcan'twineitherway," he said,'butthefallwillbefantasticandwhat'sleftisnothinglessthanperfection."
It's freezing, but it is the desert, what to do? maybe we'll see a body. Maybe we'll see a few. I shook, did you?
Please, sit down. May I offer you something? Anything you wish..NO NOTHING. IF YOU DON'T MIND, THIS WILL BE RECORDED...
They started far off...but they resound, as sharp as they sound. You can't mistake the sound. First the click, the the visible breath, both parting the bitting cold of the night. They came, they come in time....
Is there something I should know or have I just seen too much?
We were once together, now i'm simply surrounded.
They were perfect, they were beautiful. They met in the middle of of nowhere, in the middle of nothing, and kissed where everyone could see. No words. No before. No after. They kissed and it was perfect. it was beautiful. It was everything. It was nothing.
Eventually it all comes back to this. Eventually you have nothing else. Shame really. MAY I GET YOU SOMETHING? Give me anything.
I saw you in the picture you took with them when you were with him and I took you from it and kept you for myself. WAIT FLASH TAPE'S STILL ROLLING
The power went out. I turned on the radio. The power went out. I turned on the radio. The power went out. I turned on the radio.... I heard a voice
Lyrics submitted by fryboy85, edited by GeneticGold
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I was wondering the meaning of these
I don't know if this has any specific meaning or maybe they just wanted to write a bunch of weird crap in this cd book. Maybe each thought has something to do about the songs it is under
I was wondering the meaning to these, also. I was thinking that they could be lyrics that weren't made into a song, and they were a few sentences chosen by the band.
Some of the quotes kind of sound like something from an interview, but I am still puzzled as to what the hell they could mean.
Whatever they are, they're beautiful.
i heard that the notes on the bottom are clues about the next album. see, the one that says 'i turned on the radio...etc' has at the end 'i heard a voice', the name of the new DVD.
i like them, i find them quite haunting.
ya, they have some relation to the songs. like how the last one is repeatedly being said, and the last song on the album is "endlessly, she said" and "It's freezing, but it is the desert" makes me think of the chorus of summer shudder.
It's freezing, but it is the desert, what to do? maybe we'll see a body. Maybe we'll see a few. I shook, did you?
i agree with akaloowanton with the summer shudder part. "i shook, did you?" reminded me of "with just a look, they shook" from miss murder. like when they looked at you they made you shudder, or shake or shook, and the desert part reminded me of summer, put together is summer shudder.
"maybe we'll see a body, maybe we'll see a few."<br /> <br /> this sounds a lot like "I saw a body, you said youve seen a few" from End Transmission from the Crash Love sessions...just making a point :)
12 paragraphs, 12 songs. the 3rd paragraph just says "(date unclear)"... 0.o so wouldnt that mean it's from miss murder, and the "i shook, did you?" shrug but anyway, the missing frame and kiss and control seem obvious just by the song names. actually, im thinking the songs were maybe based on these notes?
i mean song names not songs
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This is not my theory, rather one that I heard on AFI's forums. I think it's a pretty solid theory, and my description was pretty bare-bones (the original description was much more in-depth, interpreting every little nuance of the songs), but...it's something to think about.
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