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 will live my life as a lobsterman's wife on an island in the blue bay
He will take care of me, he will smell like the sea
And close to my heart he'll always stay
I will bear three girls all with strawberry curls, little Ella and Nelly and Faye
While I'm combing their hair, I will catch his warm stare
On our island in the blue bay
Far away, far away, I want to go far away
To a new life on a new shore line
Where the water is blue and the people are new
To another island, in another life
There's a boy next to me and he never will be anything but a boy at the bar
And I think he's the tops, he's where everything stops
How I love to love him from afar
When he walks right pass me then I finally see on this barstool I can't stay
So I'm taking my frown to a far distant town
On an island in the blue bay
Far away far away, I want to go far away
To a new life on a new shore line
Where the water is blue and the people are new
To another island, in another life
I want to go far away
Away, away, I want to go far away, away, away
I want to go far away, far away
Away, away, away
Where the water is blue and the people are new
To another life, to another life
To another shore line
In another life
He will take care of me, he will smell like the sea
And close to my heart he'll always stay
I will bear three girls all with strawberry curls, little Ella and Nelly and Faye
While I'm combing their hair, I will catch his warm stare
On our island in the blue bay
Far away, far away, I want to go far away
To a new life on a new shore line
Where the water is blue and the people are new
To another island, in another life
There's a boy next to me and he never will be anything but a boy at the bar
And I think he's the tops, he's where everything stops
How I love to love him from afar
When he walks right pass me then I finally see on this barstool I can't stay
So I'm taking my frown to a far distant town
On an island in the blue bay
Far away far away, I want to go far away
To a new life on a new shore line
Where the water is blue and the people are new
To another island, in another life
I want to go far away
Away, away, I want to go far away, away, away
I want to go far away, far away
Away, away, away
Where the water is blue and the people are new
To another life, to another life
To another shore line
In another life
Lyrics submitted by whenshesmiles
Far Away Lyrics as written by Ingrid Michaelson
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group
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