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 when it rains on this side of town
It touches everything
Just say it again and mean it
We don't miss a thing
You made yourself a bed at the bottom
Of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
And convinced yourself
That it's not the reason you don't see the sun anymore
And no, oh
How could you do it?
Oh, I
I never saw it coming
No, oh
I need an ending
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
And when it rains
You always find an escape
Just running away
From all of the ones who love you
From everything
You made yourself a bed at the bottom
Of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
And you'll sleep till May
You'll say that you don't wanna see the sun anymore
And no, oh
How could you do it?
Oh, I
I never saw it coming
No, oh
I need an ending
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
(Explain your side
Take my side)
Take these chances to turn it around
Let's take these chances we'll make it somehow
And take these chances and turn it around
Just turn it around
No, how could you do it?
Oh, I, I never saw it coming
No, oh, how could you do it?
Oh, I, I never saw it coming
No, oh, how could you do it?
Oh, I, I never saw it coming
No, oh
I need an ending
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
You can take your time, take my time
It touches everything
Just say it again and mean it
We don't miss a thing
You made yourself a bed at the bottom
Of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
And convinced yourself
That it's not the reason you don't see the sun anymore
And no, oh
How could you do it?
Oh, I
I never saw it coming
No, oh
I need an ending
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
And when it rains
You always find an escape
Just running away
From all of the ones who love you
From everything
You made yourself a bed at the bottom
Of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
And you'll sleep till May
You'll say that you don't wanna see the sun anymore
And no, oh
How could you do it?
Oh, I
I never saw it coming
No, oh
I need an ending
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
(Explain your side
Take my side)
Take these chances to turn it around
Let's take these chances we'll make it somehow
And take these chances and turn it around
Just turn it around
No, how could you do it?
Oh, I, I never saw it coming
No, oh, how could you do it?
Oh, I, I never saw it coming
No, oh, how could you do it?
Oh, I, I never saw it coming
No, oh
I need an ending
So why can't you stay
Just long enough to explain?
You can take your time, take my time
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My interpretation... well lets see...
And when it rains, on this side of town, it touches... everything; just say it again and mean it.
I think she's basically saying that when things go wrong or not as planned it affects everything in her life, and she's asking him to tell her the truth about how he feels about them at that moment
We don't miss a thing; you made yourself a bed at, the bottom of the blackest hole-
Basically she says that he doesn't want to hear or experience it (you made yourself a bed at the bottom of the blackest hole) in the deepest place ever in himself so that he can't feel it, but it's still happening to her
And convinced yourself, that it's not, the reason you don't see the sun anymore;
He tricked himself into thinking that them being in the deepness of the rain isn't why he's so in deep, the reason why he's not social anymore...
And oh, oh? How could you do it? Oh, I, I never saw it coming. Oh, oh, I need the ending, so why can't you stay, just long enough to explain?
She's confused about why he would leave her to deal with all that was left of them, all that was left of her... and now she says that she wants to know what he was planning to do then and is asking for the answer
And when it rains, you always find an escape, from all of the ones who love you, from everything-
When anything bad happens he always runs away instead of dealing with it
You made yourself a bed at the bottom of the blackest hole, and you'll sleep till may, and you'll say that you don't wanna see the sun anymore
he will stay ignorant for the longest time, and then say that he wants to stay there and never wake up to what she's dealing with
(Chorus)
Take your time, take my time-
She's saying he can take as much time as he needs to decide what he's gonna do
Take these chances, to turn it around, just take these chances, we'll make it somehow and, just turn it around.
She's open to trying to make it into a relationship by turning around their downs and make it all well
(Chorus)
You can take your time, take my time.
Great song. One of my favorites off of riot!