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 guess I just got lost
Being someone else.
I tried to kill the pain,
But nothing ever helped.
I left myself behind,
Somewhere along the way
Hoping to come back around
To find myself someday
Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Would you let me be myself?
I'll never find my heart
Behind someone else.
I'll never see the light of day
Living in this cell.
It's time to make my way
Into the world I knew.
And then take back all of these times
That I gave in to you
Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
For a while,
If you don't mind,
Let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
That's all I've wanted from this world,
Is to let me be me.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Would you one time
Oh, let me be myself
And let me be me.
Being someone else.
I tried to kill the pain,
But nothing ever helped.
I left myself behind,
Somewhere along the way
Hoping to come back around
To find myself someday
Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Would you let me be myself?
I'll never find my heart
Behind someone else.
I'll never see the light of day
Living in this cell.
It's time to make my way
Into the world I knew.
And then take back all of these times
That I gave in to you
Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
For a while,
If you don't mind,
Let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
That's all I've wanted from this world,
Is to let me be me.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Tell me please
Would you one time just let me be myself
So I can shine
With my own light.
Let me be myself.
Would you one time
Oh, let me be myself
And let me be me.
Lyrics submitted by Emerald_Latias
Let Me Be Myself Lyrics as written by Christopher Lee Henderson Bradley Kirk Arnold
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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