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'm holdin on a rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And i'm hearin what your sayin
But i just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but waaiiitt
Tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around
And sayyy
[Lil Wayne]
OK, I'm talkin about a
Good Girl Gone Bad
Crooked World, wrong path
Right Mom, wrong dad
I sing this song mad but not mad enough to shoot you
But it just eats me up like some bbq from Luther's
In the morning with the roosters
On the corner with the boosters
And she's the freshcut and they're on her like sutures
And I wanna talk to her
But her momma has to school her
I wanna see her better
She's the weather of my future
I don't wanna see another hurricane
Baby you can kill the pain
If you just let me explain
Trust me I know what I'm sayin'
You will end up on the track of an oncoming train
Stuck in the passenger seat
Trying do the fast lane
[Bun B]
Well once upon a time there was a mom and a dad
Who on the outside had everything people wished they had
A beautiful daughter two story house two car garage
And a white picket fence wrapped around the front yard
See daddy was a doctor
And mommy was a banker
Mommy's job got outsourced
So now mommy's drinker
Daddy had a malpractice suit
Now he's a snorter
And all this shits takin place
right in front of their daughter
She says, �Daddy what's wrong?�
But he's just too high
�Mommy what we gon' do?�
She just get drunk and cry
Caught in the middle of two wrongs trying to do right
Looking for answers alone in the darkness of night
They say...
I'm holdin on a rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And i'm hearin what your sayin
But i just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but waaiiitt
Tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around
And say that it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize
it's too late
Got me ten feet off the ground
And i'm hearin what your sayin
But i just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but waaiiitt
Tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around
And sayyy
[Lil Wayne]
OK, I'm talkin about a
Good Girl Gone Bad
Crooked World, wrong path
Right Mom, wrong dad
I sing this song mad but not mad enough to shoot you
But it just eats me up like some bbq from Luther's
In the morning with the roosters
On the corner with the boosters
And she's the freshcut and they're on her like sutures
And I wanna talk to her
But her momma has to school her
I wanna see her better
She's the weather of my future
I don't wanna see another hurricane
Baby you can kill the pain
If you just let me explain
Trust me I know what I'm sayin'
You will end up on the track of an oncoming train
Stuck in the passenger seat
Trying do the fast lane
[Bun B]
Well once upon a time there was a mom and a dad
Who on the outside had everything people wished they had
A beautiful daughter two story house two car garage
And a white picket fence wrapped around the front yard
See daddy was a doctor
And mommy was a banker
Mommy's job got outsourced
So now mommy's drinker
Daddy had a malpractice suit
Now he's a snorter
And all this shits takin place
right in front of their daughter
She says, �Daddy what's wrong?�
But he's just too high
�Mommy what we gon' do?�
She just get drunk and cry
Caught in the middle of two wrongs trying to do right
Looking for answers alone in the darkness of night
They say...
I'm holdin on a rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And i'm hearin what your sayin
But i just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but waaiiitt
Tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around
And say that it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize
it's too late
Lyrics submitted by urheartshapedbox
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