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.
You can’t stop HATE
You can’t stop FACE
You can’t stop FAITH
You can’t stop WASTE
You can’t stop TRAFFIC
You can’t stop BASIC
You can’t stop PLASTIC
You can’t stop ROMANTICS
You can’t stop LIES
You can’t stop TRYING
You can’t stop CRIES
You can’t stop FLYING
You can’t stop MAN
You can’t stop GIRLS
You can’t stop WORLD
You can’t stop THRILLS
You say you got a finger on my stuff
Forget about the boring we’re born too tough
You’re in my way you know you’re luck
Is anybody saying you’re way too rough?
You’re getting all wild
On things that I’m gonna think
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna need to take more of
You – can’t Hmmmmm….
You – can’t – stop
You – can’t Hmmmmm….
You – can’t – stop
You can’t stop ONE
You can’t stop TWO
You can’t stop MORE
You can’t stop YOU
You can’t stop DREAMS
You can’t stop SCENES
You can’t stop AIR
You can’t stop FAIR
You can’t stop ME
You can’t stop THINGS
You can’t stop SAYING
You can’t stop BRAIN
You can’t stop LOVE
You can’t stop DRUGS
You can’t stop BLOOD
You can’t stop MUCH
You say you got a finger on my stuff
Forget about the boring we’re born too tough
You’re in my way you know you’re luck
Is anybody saying you’re way too rough?
You’re getting all wild
On things that I’m gonna think
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna need to take more of
You – can’t Hmmmmm…. Stop
You – can’t – stop
You – can’t Hmmmmm…. Stop
You – can’t – stop
Stop ( x _____)
You say you got a finger on my stuff
Forget about the boring we’re born too tough
You’re in my way you know you’re luck
Is anybody saying you’re way too rough?
You’re getting all wild
On things that I’m gonna think
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna find
That I’m gonna have
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna
That I’m gonna
That I’m gonna
hmmmmm you can’t
hmmmmm you can’t stop
You can’t hmmmmm stop
You can’t stop
You can’t stop
hmmmmmmm
You can’t stop
You can’t stop FACE
You can’t stop FAITH
You can’t stop WASTE
You can’t stop TRAFFIC
You can’t stop BASIC
You can’t stop PLASTIC
You can’t stop ROMANTICS
You can’t stop LIES
You can’t stop TRYING
You can’t stop CRIES
You can’t stop FLYING
You can’t stop MAN
You can’t stop GIRLS
You can’t stop WORLD
You can’t stop THRILLS
You say you got a finger on my stuff
Forget about the boring we’re born too tough
You’re in my way you know you’re luck
Is anybody saying you’re way too rough?
You’re getting all wild
On things that I’m gonna think
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna need to take more of
You – can’t Hmmmmm….
You – can’t – stop
You – can’t Hmmmmm….
You – can’t – stop
You can’t stop ONE
You can’t stop TWO
You can’t stop MORE
You can’t stop YOU
You can’t stop DREAMS
You can’t stop SCENES
You can’t stop AIR
You can’t stop FAIR
You can’t stop ME
You can’t stop THINGS
You can’t stop SAYING
You can’t stop BRAIN
You can’t stop LOVE
You can’t stop DRUGS
You can’t stop BLOOD
You can’t stop MUCH
You say you got a finger on my stuff
Forget about the boring we’re born too tough
You’re in my way you know you’re luck
Is anybody saying you’re way too rough?
You’re getting all wild
On things that I’m gonna think
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna need to take more of
You – can’t Hmmmmm…. Stop
You – can’t – stop
You – can’t Hmmmmm…. Stop
You – can’t – stop
Stop ( x _____)
You say you got a finger on my stuff
Forget about the boring we’re born too tough
You’re in my way you know you’re luck
Is anybody saying you’re way too rough?
You’re getting all wild
On things that I’m gonna think
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna find
That I’m gonna have
That I’m gonna see
That I’m gonna want
That I’m gonna need
That I’m gonna
That I’m gonna
That I’m gonna
hmmmmm you can’t
hmmmmm you can’t stop
You can’t hmmmmm stop
You can’t stop
You can’t stop
hmmmmmmm
You can’t stop
Lyrics submitted by darth_vader0039
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