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.
Why does God refuse to move?
If pigs could fly they'd fly away and never grace the earth again
I wait and wait and wait and wait but nothing good happens for me
I pray to fly but when I die my feet are still flat on the ground
My brain is good, no legs of wood, but if you could, I think you should
He ain't standin' in my way
'Cause I did nothin' today
He ain't standin' in my way
Your ship has crashed no sign of shore-to sit in your lifeboat,
You can do no more 5 days at sea starved to the core
Lifeboat is leaking a rip in the floor
But wait on the horizon-land-land hoe!
Will you sit there and pray or will you get up and row?
The next time you are quick to say "I'm just waitin' on the Lord"
Just make sure that you remember where we all have been before
All things become one
If pigs could fly they'd fly away and never grace the earth again
I wait and wait and wait and wait but nothing good happens for me
I pray to fly but when I die my feet are still flat on the ground
My brain is good, no legs of wood, but if you could, I think you should
He ain't standin' in my way
'Cause I did nothin' today
He ain't standin' in my way
Your ship has crashed no sign of shore-to sit in your lifeboat,
You can do no more 5 days at sea starved to the core
Lifeboat is leaking a rip in the floor
But wait on the horizon-land-land hoe!
Will you sit there and pray or will you get up and row?
The next time you are quick to say "I'm just waitin' on the Lord"
Just make sure that you remember where we all have been before
All things become one
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