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.
Tell me that you know another way to get it done
It's not me, or how I would be
But it's a different situation
A different situation
You lay awake in the night
Just staring at the ceiling above
Pulling pieces of it out is such a waste of time
You keep on fighting to remember
That nothing is lost in the end
When you burn, burn, burn your life down
Get me to the door
Out of bed
On the track
I'm not sure
Starting over
It's a different situation
A different situation
You wake up in the night
And refuse to be afraid of the now
Unfolding pieces of it faster
Don't you waste your time
You've been planning to remember this
So nothing will be lost in the end
Then you burn, burn, burn your life down
Then you burn, burn, burn your life down
I drive around the block
And I'm not looking to my right
I feel the glass against my cheek
And I can't see you in the light
I break my heart around it
Break my heart around it
I drive around the block
And I'm not looking to my right
I feel the glass against my cheek
And I can't see you in the light
I break my heart around this
Break my heart around this pole
It's not me, or how I would be
But it's a different situation
A different situation
You lay awake in the night
Just staring at the ceiling above
Pulling pieces of it out is such a waste of time
You keep on fighting to remember
That nothing is lost in the end
When you burn, burn, burn your life down
Get me to the door
Out of bed
On the track
I'm not sure
Starting over
It's a different situation
A different situation
You wake up in the night
And refuse to be afraid of the now
Unfolding pieces of it faster
Don't you waste your time
You've been planning to remember this
So nothing will be lost in the end
Then you burn, burn, burn your life down
Then you burn, burn, burn your life down
I drive around the block
And I'm not looking to my right
I feel the glass against my cheek
And I can't see you in the light
I break my heart around it
Break my heart around it
I drive around the block
And I'm not looking to my right
I feel the glass against my cheek
And I can't see you in the light
I break my heart around this
Break my heart around this pole
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I kinda refuse to believe that the end is really about a car crash. It simply sounds so literal and Sara (who wrote this) usually uses alot of metaphors. It doesn't seem like her at all. Besides, I doubt she even has a driver's licence.
I think this songs is about starting over...burning your life down completely. And the anxiety that causes. I would know the feeling. You lay awake the whole night thinking of all that could potentially go wrong...of all you've lost. And Sara is trying to say that in the end, it doesn't matter anyways. This is all a con...everything we build around ourselves is gone once we die (especially for those of us who don't have a defined faith that is...tegan and sara included). So why waste your time thinking about non-important stuff?