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.
The girl's well read
Of pale white skin
You cut your arms
Baby, just to fit in
You say that you like to be on your own
But it's calm right now and a long walk home
You can't go on calling human hands
But I'm here so you might as well have me, have me
Autonomy boy you're so naive
With your heart on your sleeve
And your long head of hair
I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you got me making vows
In the back of a cab on the way out of here
And I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Laced up, buttoned up
Tie it up tight
I like a man in uniform
But that's not right
You say that you like to be on your own
But it's calm right now and a long walk home
You can't go on calling human hands
But I'm here so you might as well have me, have me
Autonomy boy you're so naive
With your heart on your sleeve
And your long head of hair
I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you got me making vows
In the back of a cab on the way out of here
And I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you're so naive
With your heart on your sleeve
And your long head of hair
I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you got me making vows
In the back of a cab on the way out of here
And I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Of pale white skin
You cut your arms
Baby, just to fit in
You say that you like to be on your own
But it's calm right now and a long walk home
You can't go on calling human hands
But I'm here so you might as well have me, have me
Autonomy boy you're so naive
With your heart on your sleeve
And your long head of hair
I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you got me making vows
In the back of a cab on the way out of here
And I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Laced up, buttoned up
Tie it up tight
I like a man in uniform
But that's not right
You say that you like to be on your own
But it's calm right now and a long walk home
You can't go on calling human hands
But I'm here so you might as well have me, have me
Autonomy boy you're so naive
With your heart on your sleeve
And your long head of hair
I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you got me making vows
In the back of a cab on the way out of here
And I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you're so naive
With your heart on your sleeve
And your long head of hair
I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Autonomy boy you got me making vows
In the back of a cab on the way out of here
And I find it very rude that you didn't think I care
Lyrics submitted by BlackheartCherry
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dejavula, I disagree. I think the speaker is exploiting the boy's naive nature ("You cut your arms/Baby just to fit in") to get what she wants. It's ironic because she refers to him as 'Autonomy Boy', autonomy meaning self-governing or choice and yet she doesn't give him any. He says he likes to be alone and yet she won't let him do that and the second verse seems like she's dressing him too. Given the fact that this is a B-side to a song called 'Appropriation (By Any Other Name)', which is about a film called 'Vertigo' where a man dresses his new lover up to look like his former one, I think this interpretation is fitting. It seems to me that 'Autonomy Boy' is 'Vertigo' but with a gender reversal. MissMack, this song is not on an album. The Long Blondes recorded this way before making their album.