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 have no words to tell
I have no letters to say
What’s inside of me
‘Cause when I look at myself
I see just a piece of meat
Under a cover of skin.
But there’s something strange,
There’s something odd,
Going through my body...
And I don’t know what it is,
I can’t explain it,
I feel a tingling inside here...
I think I have Something inside of me but I don’t know…
I think I have Something inside of me but I don’t know…
Oh, I Never had the feeling
To be someone
The personality
individuality
IDENTITY!! (x3)
I have a name
'Cause I have a document
I have a photo of myself but
Have I a face?
And Nobody can, nobody want
Tell me the truuuuuth...
That thing inside of me
That thing inside of me
Is my identity!
I thing I have something inside of me but I don’t know…
I thing I am someone I am someone but i don’t know!!
Oh, I Never had the feeling
To be someone
The personality
individuality
IDENTITY!! (x3)
I have no letters to say
What’s inside of me
‘Cause when I look at myself
I see just a piece of meat
Under a cover of skin.
But there’s something strange,
There’s something odd,
Going through my body...
And I don’t know what it is,
I can’t explain it,
I feel a tingling inside here...
I think I have Something inside of me but I don’t know…
I think I have Something inside of me but I don’t know…
Oh, I Never had the feeling
To be someone
The personality
individuality
IDENTITY!! (x3)
I have a name
'Cause I have a document
I have a photo of myself but
Have I a face?
And Nobody can, nobody want
Tell me the truuuuuth...
That thing inside of me
That thing inside of me
Is my identity!
I thing I have something inside of me but I don’t know…
I thing I am someone I am someone but i don’t know!!
Oh, I Never had the feeling
To be someone
The personality
individuality
IDENTITY!! (x3)
Lyrics submitted by bugmenot123
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Personally as I read this I'm currently taking an intro to philosophy course and find myself asking the same sort of questions. IMHO it is the singer asking himself what is reality and why it is reality.