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.
Calling all cops and autobots,
I hope that you?re still there
Saving victims from the wreckage
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Copy all cats and acrobats,
I know you don?t play fair,
Slinging sickness through the atmosphere,
Without a care, without a care.
Drowning all dolls in concert halls,
The curtain hits the cast,
They parade like perfect ponies,
But it never lasts, it never lasts.
Sever all ties to satellites
That broadcast worthless words
You're extrapolating nonsense
And it really hurts, it really hurts.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
Calling all cops and autobots,
I hope that you?re still there,
Saving victims from the wreckage,
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Suffer all teens on dramamine,
The coast is not yet clear,
Every continent has chaos,
And we need you here, we need you here.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart,
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart.
And everything just falls apart.
I hope that you?re still there
Saving victims from the wreckage
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Copy all cats and acrobats,
I know you don?t play fair,
Slinging sickness through the atmosphere,
Without a care, without a care.
Drowning all dolls in concert halls,
The curtain hits the cast,
They parade like perfect ponies,
But it never lasts, it never lasts.
Sever all ties to satellites
That broadcast worthless words
You're extrapolating nonsense
And it really hurts, it really hurts.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
Calling all cops and autobots,
I hope that you?re still there,
Saving victims from the wreckage,
Of our wild affairs, such wild affairs.
Suffer all teens on dramamine,
The coast is not yet clear,
Every continent has chaos,
And we need you here, we need you here.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
When I?m awake,
I can?t escape.
When I?m awake,
I make the same mistakes they make.
And everything just falls apart.
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart,
(Calling all cops and autobots)
And everything just falls apart.
And everything just falls apart.
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