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.
someone tipped the scales & watched the waters flood
they blew out all the windows, caked the walls with mud
& everybody knows when it hits in the south
that is a land that we will learn to live without
that is a house that we have learned to live without
when ruins come in pieces with no pictures to recall
when you cant find a light to break or bright the shadows on the wall
everytime that we declare this is it, im giving up
there comes a push, there comes a push, there comes a push
& we dont sit down what we do is get back up
it was an idea that we had & a bad idea at that
i wanna be loved by you, i sure do
lets learn to be alone together, lets cry our fucking eyes out cuz we know no one will care for us
lets go home alone together, lets fuck & lets expect it when we dont feel any better
there goes the best damn summer that we ever spent
drinking on the porch, rolling our own cigarettes
jumping up & down in our panties on the bed, screaming,
that was the best summer that we will ever have
& we believed it
so wont you take me to the kitchen of yr ex-wifes house
bore me with details of all the papers youve put out
& i cant tell when youre gonna figure out
that any line you use tonight will work
because were both as fucking broken as we look
they blew out all the windows, caked the walls with mud
& everybody knows when it hits in the south
that is a land that we will learn to live without
that is a house that we have learned to live without
when ruins come in pieces with no pictures to recall
when you cant find a light to break or bright the shadows on the wall
everytime that we declare this is it, im giving up
there comes a push, there comes a push, there comes a push
& we dont sit down what we do is get back up
it was an idea that we had & a bad idea at that
i wanna be loved by you, i sure do
lets learn to be alone together, lets cry our fucking eyes out cuz we know no one will care for us
lets go home alone together, lets fuck & lets expect it when we dont feel any better
there goes the best damn summer that we ever spent
drinking on the porch, rolling our own cigarettes
jumping up & down in our panties on the bed, screaming,
that was the best summer that we will ever have
& we believed it
so wont you take me to the kitchen of yr ex-wifes house
bore me with details of all the papers youve put out
& i cant tell when youre gonna figure out
that any line you use tonight will work
because were both as fucking broken as we look
Lyrics submitted by mbthei
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