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.
Brown yellow and white diseases
Plague the streets with a vile stench
The smell of shit and piss fill the air
So fucking disgusting
Day and night feed off humanity
Scraping by on the remnants of life
No cure no hope no way to change
Paper bags filled with liquid love
No reason to live
Steel benches and cardboard beds
Sheets made of black and white
To hide the sun
Live off garbage like a fucking pig
No way to survive
Day and night feed off humanity
Scraping by on the remnants of life
No cure no hope no way to change
Paper bags filled with liquid love
No reason to live
So fucking disgusting
No reason to live
Plague the streets with a vile stench
The smell of shit and piss fill the air
So fucking disgusting
Day and night feed off humanity
Scraping by on the remnants of life
No cure no hope no way to change
Paper bags filled with liquid love
No reason to live
Steel benches and cardboard beds
Sheets made of black and white
To hide the sun
Live off garbage like a fucking pig
No way to survive
Day and night feed off humanity
Scraping by on the remnants of life
No cure no hope no way to change
Paper bags filled with liquid love
No reason to live
So fucking disgusting
No reason to live
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to me this song is about a homeless person that feels that nothing is ever going to change.
"Brown yellow and white diseases Plague the streets with a vile stench The smell of shit and piss fill the air So fucking disgusting"
-this line seems like its talking about living on the streets in a poverty stricken area(not exactly sure though)-
"Day and night feed off humanity Scraping by on the remnants of life No cure no hope no way to change Paper bags filled with liquid love"
-feeding off humanity meens like using money that you beg for to get food and feeling like nothing is ever going to change.paper bags filled will liquid love is the beer u get when you get it at 7 eleven or a convinience store(they give you beer in a bag)
"Steel benches and cardboard beds Sheets made of black and white To hide the sun Live off garbage like a fucking pig No way to survive"
-steel benches and carboard beds is what the homeless person sleeps on. sheets of black and white is newspaper that he uses as blankets. living off garbage is obviously eating food out of the garbages to survive.
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