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.
It's not your fault
You didn't see it coming
90 miles an hour
Gone so fast and now you're left with nothing
At all.
It's not your fault
I give up every part of you
That they could spare
Mixed between the petrol
And the one lie
And it's code
Their still in your eyes
And now that your gone to some place else
I can't save you
Because the brightest lights are closing in on us.
But their still your eyes
And now that your gone to some place else
I can't save you
So I'm giving every part of you away.
It's not your fault
Something
You made up to your bedroom every night
Leaves us chasing memories and trying to understand
We can't wait
But their still eyes
And now that your gone to some place
I can't save you
Because the brightest lights are closing in on us.
But their still your eyes
And now that your gone to some place else
I can't save you
So I'm giving every part of you away.
I'm not gone
What the hell just happened here?
I'm not gone
What the hell just happened?
You didn't see it coming
90 miles an hour
Gone so fast and now you're left with nothing
At all.
It's not your fault
I give up every part of you
That they could spare
Mixed between the petrol
And the one lie
And it's code
Their still in your eyes
And now that your gone to some place else
I can't save you
Because the brightest lights are closing in on us.
But their still your eyes
And now that your gone to some place else
I can't save you
So I'm giving every part of you away.
It's not your fault
Something
You made up to your bedroom every night
Leaves us chasing memories and trying to understand
We can't wait
But their still eyes
And now that your gone to some place
I can't save you
Because the brightest lights are closing in on us.
But their still your eyes
And now that your gone to some place else
I can't save you
So I'm giving every part of you away.
I'm not gone
What the hell just happened here?
I'm not gone
What the hell just happened?
Lyrics submitted by ridicularious
It's Not Your Fault Lyrics as written by Joel Laslett Pott Carey Suthon Willetts
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Love this song, it's incredible live. Think the lyrics at the end are: "Oh my god What the hell just happened here? Oh my god What the hell just happened?"
I think it's about losing someone you love, but trying to move on afterwards. Could be completely wrong though.
it's oh my god what the hell just happened here.
i think as well that it's about ending a relationship and trying to move away. well if it's not that, it sure helps me now, because it relates to what just happened now in my life....the beat is so great that it just helps me to move on and think that there will be always another sunshine tomorrow...
actual lyrics:
It's not your fault You didn't see it coming 90 mph Gone so fast And now we're left with nothing at all
It's not your fault I've given every part that you that they could spare Mixed between the petrol and the wildlife And it's cold
Are those still your eyes? Now that you've gone to some place else I can't save you As the brightest lights are closing in on us Are those still your eyes? Now that you've gone to some place else I cant save you So I'm giving every part of you away
It's not your fault The dance you made up to your bedroom every night Leaves us chasing memories and trying to understand We can't wait
Are those still your eyes? Now that you've gone to some place else I can't save you As the brightest lights are closing in on us Are those still your eyes? Now that you've gone to some place else I cant save you So I'm giving every part of you away
Oh my God What the hell just happened here?
I think it's about a car accident, where she was driving and possibly caused the accident, and he's still alive but she has died and he's in shock trying to understand what happened, part of him realising that she's dead and trying detach himself from the feelings of loosing her.
You're on the right track, but it's more of a figurative sense. He's stating that their relationship had hit a point of no return. Like a car crash, she's dead emotionally and romantically with him, but he's still "alive". She's moved on (especially with the dancing up to her bedroom part meaning she's been sleeping with other men), but he hasn't. He's tried to reconcile, but now he's realized that he just needs to let her go because he can't "save her".
I agree with both of you