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.
Woo!
Here I am
Alone while
Chewing on a mint leaf
To ease my stomach quickly
And I'm trying to forget the sunset happened
I'm tied up in a van
My eyes both blackened now
Sealed shut
God, how I've flattened out
And I'm flat-lining now
Let me out
Of what's amounting to an unfair game
And if you're so unphased
Then can you put me down
And let me move forward myself?
Sometimes I'm fighting my own health
Just to recover
And uncover what was lost
When I started to defrost
I hibernated far too long
I used to cast my net so deep
Now I get pissed when I can't sleep
But I used to wake up feeling scared
And somewhere
I forgot that
I forgot that
I used to dream poetic scenes
Now carnage, lust, death by machines
But I never met immortality
And now I'm glad I jacked up my knees
Please see these trials are devoid of meaning
Now I am a human being
Oh to suffer blows and still stand
It's too bad I wasn't told that
All my joy was fleeting
And away with it went feeling
Like a vampire
Dark hours to enslave
A pickling cage
I was St. Ages then
(Oh no!)
Here I am
Alone while
Chewing on a mint leaf
To ease my stomach quickly
And I'm trying to forget the sunset happened
I'm tied up in a van
My eyes both blackened now
Sealed shut
God, how I've flattened out
And I'm flat-lining now
Let me out
Of what's amounting to an unfair game
And if you're so unphased
Then can you put me down
And let me move forward myself?
Sometimes I'm fighting my own health
Just to recover
And uncover what was lost
When I started to defrost
I hibernated far too long
I used to cast my net so deep
Now I get pissed when I can't sleep
But I used to wake up feeling scared
And somewhere
I forgot that
I forgot that
I used to dream poetic scenes
Now carnage, lust, death by machines
But I never met immortality
And now I'm glad I jacked up my knees
Please see these trials are devoid of meaning
Now I am a human being
Oh to suffer blows and still stand
It's too bad I wasn't told that
All my joy was fleeting
And away with it went feeling
Like a vampire
Dark hours to enslave
A pickling cage
I was St. Ages then
(Oh no!)
Lyrics submitted by fgevilmonkey
Knees (All My Joy) Lyrics as written by Devon Travis
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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