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.
If both our lives pulled us apart and we were stuck on both coasts,
I would still find you. Every night you’d fall asleep and I would meet
you in your dreams,three-thousand miles away. It’s not perfection,
but we’ve come so far. Tell me now, tell me you believe again. Well,
I can see you when I close my eyes, it’s complicated, but I’ll make it that simple.
Your pictures are the paper that lines my wall, I’m waiting for the
moment you come back, I’m tearing out the pages of my heart and what
you need is what you’ll get from me. Not at the end of the road,
I’d be with you each day, every step of the way. I know it’s late,
this took too long, but I would write you this song, now could you listen to me?
If not for moments, what’s this life we lead? Tell me now, Jamie tell me you believe.
Three-thousand miles is not that far, it’s complicated but I’ll make it that simple.
Well, maybe I could tell you that everything was okay, it was alright.
Take me in on the inside and we could make it alright. You’ll come back to me.
Lyrics submitted by VampedVixen
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I figured the only comment this had should be a good one. You may or may not agree with me here, but this is the way I think of it. This song means an extra lot for me, since there was a male Jamie I could have written this song for myself...
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