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.
And deep under the allure is
Tragic Skin Eyes Sunken In
A travesty of trackmarks for a mojo pin
Junkie Dens loaded with hungry eyes
punk rock kin scratching skin so very high
The great glass elevator flies until you die
There was an innocent time when they kicked it on trees
But now what might have been never comes to be....
What Might Have Been Never Comes To Be
There is so much you might have let the whole world see
And broken dreams are like falling through the looking glass
And broken eyes look to the past which never passed
Are we in an empty world?
Are we dressing up for no good?
Are we shaking mad like the wailing wall?
The wailing wall, the wailing wall
give it to me wailing wall
Tragic Skin Eyes Sunken In
A travesty of trackmarks for a mojo pin
Junkie Dens loaded with hungry eyes
punk rock kin scratching skin so very high
The great glass elevator flies until you die
There was an innocent time when they kicked it on trees
But now what might have been never comes to be....
What Might Have Been Never Comes To Be
There is so much you might have let the whole world see
And broken dreams are like falling through the looking glass
And broken eyes look to the past which never passed
Are we in an empty world?
Are we dressing up for no good?
Are we shaking mad like the wailing wall?
The wailing wall, the wailing wall
give it to me wailing wall
Lyrics submitted by davidbeauy, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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