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.
Driving down the road I hear the radio
And your muffled screams through the backseat
I just made your shoes but they need to be
Cleaned for meet-and-greet
So classic, so smooth
As you sedated me
I slipped a little something into your drink
A potion, more like a poision
I tell you as you drive on
Brake lights shine through black
They reveal the burial plot
One last kiss before your final send-off
You take my final breaths
Thrust them into the ocean
Cement shoes, I shall become one with death
The air bubbles start to surface
A sensation of satisfaction sweeps over my entire body
Content with the done deal
The taste of this victory is almost to much for me
Don't you forget I killed you
With my death that I home-brewed
As I sink down I remember what the sea king said
"You die here"
The chemicals begin to mix
Vision begins to blur
I fall to my knees
I am my own victim
I was meant this way, either way
You tapped my phones, I made the setup
It was meant to be neptune's plan
No fate involved
And your muffled screams through the backseat
I just made your shoes but they need to be
Cleaned for meet-and-greet
So classic, so smooth
As you sedated me
I slipped a little something into your drink
A potion, more like a poision
I tell you as you drive on
Brake lights shine through black
They reveal the burial plot
One last kiss before your final send-off
You take my final breaths
Thrust them into the ocean
Cement shoes, I shall become one with death
The air bubbles start to surface
A sensation of satisfaction sweeps over my entire body
Content with the done deal
The taste of this victory is almost to much for me
Don't you forget I killed you
With my death that I home-brewed
As I sink down I remember what the sea king said
"You die here"
The chemicals begin to mix
Vision begins to blur
I fall to my knees
I am my own victim
I was meant this way, either way
You tapped my phones, I made the setup
It was meant to be neptune's plan
No fate involved
Lyrics submitted by Mike Helsinker
Shoeshine for Neptune Lyrics as written by Cameron Clayton Reed Remi James Rodberg
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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ok nevermind, as i review it, he killed his girlfriend by drowning her and then he says "i am my own victim" he misses her and he finds himself happy about it and just finds himself grieving over the death "he home brewed"
After reading the lyrics to this song it is evident that he kills his girl by drowning her with cement shoes. This is done due to the fact that the "sea king" Neptune requests this from him. The man which is likely going through a difficult time must be experiencing symptoms of psychotic behavior when he is "told" by Neptune to kill his girl. It seems as though she did something to upset him when he says "you tapped my phones". Invading someones privacy in such a way can reveal twisted secrets. Upon the discovery of this she must of slipped something in his drink. When he realizes this he throws her in the trunk and gets going. By the time he gets to the coast line and kills her the effects of the poison take full affect. He falls to his knees. He sinks down into the ocean and dies. This can be confirmed when he says "as i sink down i remember what the sea king said: "you die here"". At the end of the song he says: <br /> "i am my own victim<br /> i was meant this way either way<br /> you tapped my phones<br /> i made the set up<br /> it was meant to be Neptune's plan<br /> no fate involved"<br /> <br /> This seems to imply that he was going to commit suicide this way regardless. Conclusion, he dies with his girl at the bottom of the ocean where he plans on meeting Neptune in his after life since he suggested this solution which resolved his problems.