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.
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
I want to be in the energy
Right with the enemy, a place for my head
I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
The sun doesn't give light to the moon
Assuming the moons gonna owe it one
And makes think of how you act to me
You do favors that rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me about
Things that you want back from me
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to
Two, two, three, three, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gimme Energon to keep me calm
You and your mom keep all the dram
Used to be a team, passed that baton
But you flop that bomb as you drop that bomb
Take it to the john in your Babylon
Flushed down with the sound that you carry on
I don't really give a dang, you pissed on my lawn
Took a dump like a punk, now the battle's on
So sick of you stressin'
Sick of you fessin'
Sick of you actin' like I owe you somethin'
Find another place to feed your face
If you don't, we gon' bump, get it up, get crunk
Sick of you stressin'
Sick of you fessin'
Sick of you actin' like I owe you somethin'
Find another place to feed your face
If you don't, we gon' bump, get it up, get crunk
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
You try to take the best of me
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me (go away, go away, go away)
You try to take the (you)
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Stay away from me
They sound really tasty, man
Do you wanna work on "Pushing Me Away?"
Or do you want me to tell you the "With You" thing first?
We can work on "Pushing Me Away"
I tell you Black Thought's gonna do his thing?
I hate when you say you don't understand
I want to be in the energy
Right with the enemy, a place for my head
I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
The sun doesn't give light to the moon
Assuming the moons gonna owe it one
And makes think of how you act to me
You do favors that rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me about
Things that you want back from me
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to
Two, two, three, three, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gimme Energon to keep me calm
You and your mom keep all the dram
Used to be a team, passed that baton
But you flop that bomb as you drop that bomb
Take it to the john in your Babylon
Flushed down with the sound that you carry on
I don't really give a dang, you pissed on my lawn
Took a dump like a punk, now the battle's on
So sick of you stressin'
Sick of you fessin'
Sick of you actin' like I owe you somethin'
Find another place to feed your face
If you don't, we gon' bump, get it up, get crunk
Sick of you stressin'
Sick of you fessin'
Sick of you actin' like I owe you somethin'
Find another place to feed your face
If you don't, we gon' bump, get it up, get crunk
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand (you'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy
Not with the enemy, a place for my head
You try to take the best of me
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me
You try to take the best of me, go away
You try to take the best of me (go away, go away, go away)
You try to take the (you)
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Go away, you try to take the best of me
Stay away from me
They sound really tasty, man
Do you wanna work on "Pushing Me Away?"
Or do you want me to tell you the "With You" thing first?
We can work on "Pushing Me Away"
I tell you Black Thought's gonna do his thing?
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