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.
May I do the un-troduction, Cinderella
Shoe, shoe was Cinderella
In this little cellar
We grow like weeds
Cause it’s damp and dark
And we chose to park right here
Oh dear oh dear oh dea-ea-ea-ear
Someone is bound
To notice that we don’t
Blend in no matter how hard
The bartender tries
With our parking skills
And our lullabies
So he lays and lies and lies
Awake
Sayin’ oh man
I’ve got me a cunt back home
And she’s got herself a
Bun in the oven
If you know what I mean
I mean I tried
I tried to keep the whole thing clean
And it never happened on a screen
And it was seen
Never happening by
Millions of people
Oh sometimes you just gotta
Sell your sou-ou-oul
Sometimes you just gotta
Sell your soul
Cinderella
Shoe, shoe
Cinderella, Cinderella
Shoe, shoe
Cindere-eh-eh-ella
Shoe, shoe was Cinderella
In this little cellar
We grow like weeds
Cause it’s damp and dark
And we chose to park right here
Oh dear oh dear oh dea-ea-ea-ear
Someone is bound
To notice that we don’t
Blend in no matter how hard
The bartender tries
With our parking skills
And our lullabies
So he lays and lies and lies
Awake
Sayin’ oh man
I’ve got me a cunt back home
And she’s got herself a
Bun in the oven
If you know what I mean
I mean I tried
I tried to keep the whole thing clean
And it never happened on a screen
And it was seen
Never happening by
Millions of people
Oh sometimes you just gotta
Sell your sou-ou-oul
Sometimes you just gotta
Sell your soul
Cinderella
Shoe, shoe
Cinderella, Cinderella
Shoe, shoe
Cindere-eh-eh-ella
Lyrics submitted by envirohodges
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I also think 'lullabies' also suggests the relevance to children - how these stories infiltrate the minds of children and warp their sense of what is realistic.
"It never happened on the screen" - the story, Cinderella, never showed the realistic version of the fairy tale. Children see these movies and read these stories and believe that it is how life should turn out to be, and like this man, are surprised when real life slaps them in the face ("It was seen never happening by millions of people").
Realistically, if you were raised as Cinderella was, abused and locked in a cellar, chances are your life will not turn out the way hers does. This is just a dream, a wish, whereas in reality a person in this situation will "grow like weeds, cause it's damp and dark". The cards are just not in your favor, and sometimes there is nothing you can do to change that.
"Sometimes you just gotta sell your soul" - I think this is how I classified this as a cautionary tale. This man is now spreading the lesson he has learned, that if you fall into the trap that is believing that life is like a fairy tale, you will pay the price with a rude awakening.
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Kind of reminds me of the Grimm brothers stories, how Disney fluffed them up for children.
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