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.
If you're taken I am yours
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you show, you show)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I collapse
I might stay out longer than I left the light on for you
Then if you show, you show
If you show, you show
When I feel like this
When I get so into myself
I lose track of where I'm going
And lose track of how to get going again
Feel myself slowing down
Feel myself turning around
Is this taken?
When I feel like this
When I get so sick of myself
Where are you going now without me
And not knowing then, that we're slowing down
You've gotta turn that around
And tell me that I'm taken, tell me if I'm yours
You collapse
The pressure of this life is so
You can't be held accountable
If you go, you go
If you go, you go
When you act like this
When you get so sick, of yourself
The whole world falls away and since I feel
Like I have only missed the feeling that I'm here again
The feeling that I'm clear again
I'm not taken
When you act like this
When you get so into yourself
I lose sight of common goals
And letting go so I can be all alone
Feel myself, going slow
Feel myself, letting go
Not taken, not feeling like I'm yours
If you're taken I am yours
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you show, you show)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I collapse
This life looks like a sentence, though
A constant game of falling short
If you know, you know
If you know, you know
When I feel like this
When I'm just so sick of feeling less than perfect
Isn't right for me
I never fight to see if coming clean would get to me
I feel myself, holding back
I feel the pressure, it's finally back
I'm taken
When you feel like this
When you saw it call come crashing down
Subtle but not underground
I was there, I saw the signs, I saw unfair
And so I write to you through other means
I let myself finally feel taken
Like I was yours
If you're taken I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
If you're taken I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
If you're taken I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
I collapse
I collapse
I collapse
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you show, you show)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I collapse
I might stay out longer than I left the light on for you
Then if you show, you show
If you show, you show
When I feel like this
When I get so into myself
I lose track of where I'm going
And lose track of how to get going again
Feel myself slowing down
Feel myself turning around
Is this taken?
When I feel like this
When I get so sick of myself
Where are you going now without me
And not knowing then, that we're slowing down
You've gotta turn that around
And tell me that I'm taken, tell me if I'm yours
You collapse
The pressure of this life is so
You can't be held accountable
If you go, you go
If you go, you go
When you act like this
When you get so sick, of yourself
The whole world falls away and since I feel
Like I have only missed the feeling that I'm here again
The feeling that I'm clear again
I'm not taken
When you act like this
When you get so into yourself
I lose sight of common goals
And letting go so I can be all alone
Feel myself, going slow
Feel myself, letting go
Not taken, not feeling like I'm yours
If you're taken I am yours
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you show, you show)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (If you go, you go)
I'm up and doing circles
I collapse
This life looks like a sentence, though
A constant game of falling short
If you know, you know
If you know, you know
When I feel like this
When I'm just so sick of feeling less than perfect
Isn't right for me
I never fight to see if coming clean would get to me
I feel myself, holding back
I feel the pressure, it's finally back
I'm taken
When you feel like this
When you saw it call come crashing down
Subtle but not underground
I was there, I saw the signs, I saw unfair
And so I write to you through other means
I let myself finally feel taken
Like I was yours
If you're taken I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
If you're taken I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
If you're taken I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel taken)
I'm up and doing circles
I'm taken, I am yours (I feel)
I'm up and doing circles
I collapse
I collapse
I collapse
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