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.
Don't tell me you're done for
Don't need to hear you're done for
But you can tell me what you are running from
I need you more than you need you
I can see you're really really running
Can I ask you where you gonna run to
And you think your really really funny
Well I don't think your funny as you do
We all feel like we're breaking sometime
But I won't give you up tonight
Stay awake, stay awake
Survive
I've got nineteen stars that I
Give your name tonight
And I wanna scream, wanna scream your name.
Star light, star bright can save
You're my wish tonight
Don't tell me it doesn't matter
I'll tell you what matters
Bare feet in the summer
Open windows at night
You think that no one needs you
You don't have nothing to see through
Well I needed you.
Don't I count?
Lets fight.
Show me anger
Fierce fists clutching onto air.
Show me anything.
Just show me you care.
Stay awake, stay awake
Survive
I've got nineteen stars that I
Give your name tonight
I wanna scream, wanna scream your name
Star light, Star bright can save
You're my wish tonight
No one can catch me
The way that you catch me
The way that you keep me when I'm out of sight
What if I need you
What if I can't see you
I'm running out of life
No one can catch me
The way that you catch me
The way that you keep me when I'm out of time
What if I need you
What if I can't see you
I'm running out of life
Please
Stay awake, stay awake
Survive
I've got nineteen stars that I
Give your name tonight
And I wanna scream, wanna scream your name
Star light, star bright can save
You're my wish
You're my wish my wish
You're my wish tonight
Don't need to hear you're done for
But you can tell me what you are running from
I need you more than you need you
I can see you're really really running
Can I ask you where you gonna run to
And you think your really really funny
Well I don't think your funny as you do
We all feel like we're breaking sometime
But I won't give you up tonight
Stay awake, stay awake
Survive
I've got nineteen stars that I
Give your name tonight
And I wanna scream, wanna scream your name.
Star light, star bright can save
You're my wish tonight
Don't tell me it doesn't matter
I'll tell you what matters
Bare feet in the summer
Open windows at night
You think that no one needs you
You don't have nothing to see through
Well I needed you.
Don't I count?
Lets fight.
Show me anger
Fierce fists clutching onto air.
Show me anything.
Just show me you care.
Stay awake, stay awake
Survive
I've got nineteen stars that I
Give your name tonight
I wanna scream, wanna scream your name
Star light, Star bright can save
You're my wish tonight
No one can catch me
The way that you catch me
The way that you keep me when I'm out of sight
What if I need you
What if I can't see you
I'm running out of life
No one can catch me
The way that you catch me
The way that you keep me when I'm out of time
What if I need you
What if I can't see you
I'm running out of life
Please
Stay awake, stay awake
Survive
I've got nineteen stars that I
Give your name tonight
And I wanna scream, wanna scream your name
Star light, star bright can save
You're my wish
You're my wish my wish
You're my wish tonight
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Wow I cant believe no one commented this song. I absolutely love this song. I'm not sure what it means. but maybe it's about someone who has a friend who's suicidal or hates life. and she goes "I need you more than you need you" and that this friend is one of the only reasons she keeps going on, because he pushes her to keep going "the way that you keep me when I'm out of time"
i absolutely LOVE this song, and i'm even getting a tattoo inspired by it. to me this song is about a friendship or relationship that's suffering. i agree with the first comment that the person this song is talking about is possibly suicidal. i can really relate to a lot of the lines in this song "i need you more than you need you"
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read an interview, Dia said that this song is about suicide.
this song is definitely about suicide. a person is trying to convince their friend not to die because they need them and that there are things to live for life "bare feet in the summer, open windows at night". trivial things, but still brings some happiness to life.
yeah, this song is about suicide. they're just telling there friend that there not dead or not to die soon cause they still need them around still.
It's a classic suicide song. Hah, wow that sounds horrible.
It's about someone trying to stop someone from killing themselves, and hoping that they get through to them in time. The singer still needs the person and is trying to show that, but the suicidal person seems to not see it or admit it.
By the way, I saw them live with Angels & Airwaves on their Feb. 1 show at The Palladium in Dallas, and they sound even better live. Not only that, but they are absolutely beautiful.
Oh and another cheery thought.
"Stay awake, stay awake, survive"
-Perhaps the means of suicide is a drug overdose?
"I've got nineteen stars and I gave your name"
-I interpreted this as kind of like wishing on a star. It made me think of the nineteen stars and then "giving the name", as in wishing on them that the suicidal person doesn't go through with it. She hopes it's enough to save them.
the "nineteen stars" to me, like SirWinston, reminds me of making a wish or having luck, giving them hope, maybe.
love the song, andmeg & dia, amazing artists.