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 never knew just what to do
When it came to life and all it's promises
Always earned every word that came along the way
Now I know that what I so
Will always be the way things really just grow
Forever now, please show me how
To fight these feelings, they're still reeling
No longer will I have to rewind the past
'Cause I've come to grips with it (yeah)
No longer will I carry this weighted mask
Now I face the day with no shame
I've always tried to live the life
But now I'm looking back and it doesn't seem right
How I lived to never gived
And always take what wasn't mine
In discreet, could never keep
A glimmer in my soul of something more
No longer I will sit and die
For something I don't even really care for
No longer will I have to rewind the past
'Cause I've come to grips with it (yeah)
No longer will I carry this weighted mask
Now I face the day with no shame, yeah
(No longer)
No longer will I have to rewind the past
'Cause I've come to grips with it (yeah, yeah)
No longer will I carry this weighted mask
Now I face the day with no shame
No longer
No longer
Now I face the day with no shame
When it came to life and all it's promises
Always earned every word that came along the way
Now I know that what I so
Will always be the way things really just grow
Forever now, please show me how
To fight these feelings, they're still reeling
No longer will I have to rewind the past
'Cause I've come to grips with it (yeah)
No longer will I carry this weighted mask
Now I face the day with no shame
I've always tried to live the life
But now I'm looking back and it doesn't seem right
How I lived to never gived
And always take what wasn't mine
In discreet, could never keep
A glimmer in my soul of something more
No longer I will sit and die
For something I don't even really care for
No longer will I have to rewind the past
'Cause I've come to grips with it (yeah)
No longer will I carry this weighted mask
Now I face the day with no shame, yeah
(No longer)
No longer will I have to rewind the past
'Cause I've come to grips with it (yeah, yeah)
No longer will I carry this weighted mask
Now I face the day with no shame
No longer
No longer
Now I face the day with no shame
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Dude your lyrics are totally wrong.
Correct lyrics:
I never knew just what to do When it came to life and all its promises I always heard every word that came along the way Now I know that what I sew will always be The way things really just grow Forever now please show me how To fight these feelings they're still reeling
[Chorus:] No longer will I have to rewind the past Cause I've come to grips with it No longer will I carry this weighted mask Now I face the day with no shame
I've always tried to live the life But now I'm looking back and it doesn't seem right How I lived to never give And always take what wasn't mine Indiscreet could never keep A glimmer in my soul of something more No longer I will sit and die for something I don't even really care for
[Chorus]
Yeah
No longer...
[Chorus]
No longer No longer
Now I face the day with no shame