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.
One bended knee is no way to be free
LIfting up an empty cup i ask silently
that all my destinations will accept the one that's me
so i can breathe -.
Circles they grow & they swallow people whole
half their lives they say goodnight to wives theyll never know
got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul
and so it goes -.
Don't come closer or I'll have to go -.
owning me like gravity are places that pull
If ever there was someone to keep me at home
it would be you-.
Everyone i come across in cages they gought
They think of me & my wandering but im never what they thought
got my indignation but im pure in all my thought
I'm alive.
Wind in my hair i feel part of everywhere
underneath my being is a road that disappeared
late at night i hear the tress, they're singing with the dead
overhead
Leave it to me as i find a way to be
consider me a satellite forever orbiting
I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me
Guaranteed.
LIfting up an empty cup i ask silently
that all my destinations will accept the one that's me
so i can breathe -.
Circles they grow & they swallow people whole
half their lives they say goodnight to wives theyll never know
got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul
and so it goes -.
Don't come closer or I'll have to go -.
owning me like gravity are places that pull
If ever there was someone to keep me at home
it would be you-.
Everyone i come across in cages they gought
They think of me & my wandering but im never what they thought
got my indignation but im pure in all my thought
I'm alive.
Wind in my hair i feel part of everywhere
underneath my being is a road that disappeared
late at night i hear the tress, they're singing with the dead
overhead
Leave it to me as i find a way to be
consider me a satellite forever orbiting
I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me
Guaranteed.
Lyrics submitted by criket527
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