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.
Do you remember when we were just kids
And cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss?
School yard conversations taken to heart
And laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not
I want to break every clock
The hands of time could never move again
We could stay in this moment for the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, hey, is it over now?
I want to be your last first kiss that you'll ever have
I want to be your last first kiss
Amazing how life turns out the way that it does
We end up hurting the worst, the only ones we really love
I want to break every clock
The hands of time could never move again
We could stay in this moment for the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, hey, is it over now?
I want to be your last first kiss that you'll ever have
I want to be your last first kiss
Is it over now, hey, hey, is it over now?
Is it over now? Hey, hey, it's not over now
I want to be your last first kiss that you'll ever have
I want to be your last first love that you'll ever have
Lying here beside me, palms and eyes open wide
I want to be your last first kiss for all time
And cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss?
School yard conversations taken to heart
And laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not
I want to break every clock
The hands of time could never move again
We could stay in this moment for the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, hey, is it over now?
I want to be your last first kiss that you'll ever have
I want to be your last first kiss
Amazing how life turns out the way that it does
We end up hurting the worst, the only ones we really love
I want to break every clock
The hands of time could never move again
We could stay in this moment for the rest of our lives
Is it over now, hey, hey, is it over now?
I want to be your last first kiss that you'll ever have
I want to be your last first kiss
Is it over now, hey, hey, is it over now?
Is it over now? Hey, hey, it's not over now
I want to be your last first kiss that you'll ever have
I want to be your last first love that you'll ever have
Lying here beside me, palms and eyes open wide
I want to be your last first kiss for all time
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To me, it sounds like two old friends who grew up together, played together... and then one realized that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. That it was inevitable.
"I want to be your last first kiss" means to me that he's saying he wants to be the last and only person she'll give herself to. He's proposing to her.