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.
From a friend to a stranger, how'ss your life in your current situation
Did they hold you hostage?
Did they tell you lies?
Just to add to your frustration
Oh my heart...
So you travel all day and you travel high
On a road to change your life
Now to give it all the way but to sing your song
Cause in the end that's when you arrive
Oh My heart it brings me
When I hear them call your name
Oh to see
Inside myself
Like I can see
But no one else could ever know
The way we'd end up here
So from a friend to a stranger how's your life in your current situation?
Wish you happiness and freedom and I wish you life
When you reach your destination
Your destination (x3)
Did they hold you hostage?
Did they tell you lies?
Just to add to your frustration
Oh my heart...
So you travel all day and you travel high
On a road to change your life
Now to give it all the way but to sing your song
Cause in the end that's when you arrive
Oh My heart it brings me
When I hear them call your name
Oh to see
Inside myself
Like I can see
But no one else could ever know
The way we'd end up here
So from a friend to a stranger how's your life in your current situation?
Wish you happiness and freedom and I wish you life
When you reach your destination
Your destination (x3)
Lyrics submitted by hellohellolove
Friend To A Stranger Lyrics as written by Emerson Hart
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I believe these lyrics are incorrect. Here is what I believe they are.
From a friend to a stranger, how's your life in your current situation Did they hold you hostage? Did they tell you lies? Just to add to your frustration Oh my heart...
So you travel holy and you travel high On a road to change your life Not to give it all the way but to sing your song 'Cause in the end that's when you arrive
Oh my heart it brings me pain When I hear them call your name
Oh to see inside myself Like I can see--But no one else could ever know the way we'd end up here
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** By the way....Can anyone interpret the meaning of this song?
to me, it's about someone that separated from a good friend, cause they wanted different things in life.. and she left her friend all alone and "heartbroken".. then, they meet again, and the one that got left "heartbroken" ask her former friend how she's in life, 'cause he's now better, and don't think about all the sadness she sometime caused her
that's the story i see everytime i hear this song.. so touching.. really wraps up my life right now.. =(
I feel as though it's simply about two people who have grown apart. From a friend to a stranger... It's almost as though one wanted new and great things for their live so they move forward with their life.
This guy is trying to find himself. He is his own friend, yet he is a stranger to himself; he doesn't know who he is. That is where I am in my life, and that's how I see the song. It's a rough patch that we must all overcome. We must be happy with ourselves and recognize ourselves before we can move forward.
This song is absolutely haunting and beautiful. I have a good friend who I have had a long friendship with, and we have been through a lot together. She and I are both now married to other people, and she and her husband live in a different state now. This song always makes me think of her.
My interpretation of this song is something similar to what I have been through with my friend. We were friends, then at least one of us wondered if maybe we should be more than friends, then we didn't talk for awhile due to the emotions revealed when one of us told the other about our thoughts and feelings. Now, these friends are separated by distance and time and neither of them could have ever forseen where time would have taken them. However, there is still a deep bond between the two that will always exist regardless of where they are and what their lives have in store for them.
Just my interpretation, of course.