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 catch hail storms on your tongue
"it's an acquired taste" you claim
to taste disaster but the venom kills you faster
and you've lost all sense of reason
"a million to one" you seem to say
the sun comes up to destroy another day.
Don't think (don't think) it's not beating at all, you're fine you're just paralyzed. I heard that if it's something that can't die and be forgotten it's just not worth the pain of finding out.
You tell me I've been missing out
that there's more to life than listening to the beating of my heart
You tell me I'm already gone,
but i can see the air you're breathing as it plummets to the ground.
so he climbed and climbed 'til he couldn't feel his thoughts anymore.
and detached himself from all of his supports.
but there was no castle in the sky, just a shortness of breath.
so he let himself get torn apart.
I get the feeling i can feel him every time it rains.
but when the sun cuts through him, just a rainbow's shadow.
i never had to have a reason for the falling of the leaves
just promise me it's not dead forever
And we crack
right down the center and we splinter to a thousand
pieces before we fall asleep.
when we wake
we find ourselves trapped in unfamiliar bodies.
so we dance to try and kill a million lying faces' time.
call out "I suppose i should've seen this comin' but i never expected this from you"
If i am jack's obsession, you're jack's fear of intimacy.
see how he breathes?
see how the air's too thick for his newborn lungs. maybe now you'll understand .
And now you see why he screams (and now you see why he leaves) and now you see why he can't stop coughing up his teeth.
(spoken) As the door slammed shut, my fist slammed against the steering wheel. My eyes blurred and I wasn't fit to drive but I had to escape. As the volume knob spun, my speakers distorted and I started to scream. But that wasn't the last of it. I walked into the house and I painted on a smile. I could feel myself accepting the ending. I could feel the bile rise in my throat. I was finding ways to fight back the feelings. I was finding ways to lie to save face. When all of a sudden, there was a knock at the door and just like that, I was back in the game.
Don't think (don't think) it's not beating at all, you're fine you're just paralyzed. I heard that if it's something that can't die and be forgotten it's just not worth the pain of finding out.
You say that I've been missing out that there's more to life than listening to the beating of my heart. (to the beating of my) to the beating of my (to the beating) to the beating of my heart.
"it's an acquired taste" you claim
to taste disaster but the venom kills you faster
and you've lost all sense of reason
"a million to one" you seem to say
the sun comes up to destroy another day.
Don't think (don't think) it's not beating at all, you're fine you're just paralyzed. I heard that if it's something that can't die and be forgotten it's just not worth the pain of finding out.
You tell me I've been missing out
that there's more to life than listening to the beating of my heart
You tell me I'm already gone,
but i can see the air you're breathing as it plummets to the ground.
so he climbed and climbed 'til he couldn't feel his thoughts anymore.
and detached himself from all of his supports.
but there was no castle in the sky, just a shortness of breath.
so he let himself get torn apart.
I get the feeling i can feel him every time it rains.
but when the sun cuts through him, just a rainbow's shadow.
i never had to have a reason for the falling of the leaves
just promise me it's not dead forever
And we crack
right down the center and we splinter to a thousand
pieces before we fall asleep.
when we wake
we find ourselves trapped in unfamiliar bodies.
so we dance to try and kill a million lying faces' time.
call out "I suppose i should've seen this comin' but i never expected this from you"
If i am jack's obsession, you're jack's fear of intimacy.
see how he breathes?
see how the air's too thick for his newborn lungs. maybe now you'll understand .
And now you see why he screams (and now you see why he leaves) and now you see why he can't stop coughing up his teeth.
(spoken) As the door slammed shut, my fist slammed against the steering wheel. My eyes blurred and I wasn't fit to drive but I had to escape. As the volume knob spun, my speakers distorted and I started to scream. But that wasn't the last of it. I walked into the house and I painted on a smile. I could feel myself accepting the ending. I could feel the bile rise in my throat. I was finding ways to fight back the feelings. I was finding ways to lie to save face. When all of a sudden, there was a knock at the door and just like that, I was back in the game.
Don't think (don't think) it's not beating at all, you're fine you're just paralyzed. I heard that if it's something that can't die and be forgotten it's just not worth the pain of finding out.
You say that I've been missing out that there's more to life than listening to the beating of my heart. (to the beating of my) to the beating of my (to the beating) to the beating of my heart.
Lyrics submitted by kimface
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
this song is amazing.