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.
Take it easy on yourself
Take it easy on yourself
The silent sounds of yesterday
The ghost of you dancing in the hallway
Lunar to base
Lets get this on
The kids have gone mad, they've been insane all along.
Forever may you run
Don't deserve to get lost
Soon come the waves will stop
The still of the night
Silhouettes in the half light
May your struggles all be won
Lunar to base
Lets get this on
The kids have gone mad, they've been insane all along.
Forever may you run
Forever may you
I'm looking into the end
I've got nowhere left to go
I get so in between
Didn't make it to the disco
The treasures in bed
Been trying to find the king
Lunar he was busy
Jesus wasn't there
There is no other road
We'll have to wait before we go
So let the heat come in
Where you end
I begin
Forever may you run
Take it easy on yourself
The silent sounds of yesterday
The ghost of you dancing in the hallway
Lunar to base
Lets get this on
The kids have gone mad, they've been insane all along.
Forever may you run
Don't deserve to get lost
Soon come the waves will stop
The still of the night
Silhouettes in the half light
May your struggles all be won
Lunar to base
Lets get this on
The kids have gone mad, they've been insane all along.
Forever may you run
Forever may you
I'm looking into the end
I've got nowhere left to go
I get so in between
Didn't make it to the disco
The treasures in bed
Been trying to find the king
Lunar he was busy
Jesus wasn't there
There is no other road
We'll have to wait before we go
So let the heat come in
Where you end
I begin
Forever may you run
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I could be completely wrong, but I always got the impression that this was about either mood swings or someone that had a "wave" or a "fit" into depression from mania.
take it easy on yourself take it easy on yourself the silent sounds of yesterday the ghost of you dancing in the hallway
refers to the other person in the relationship, stating this isn't your fault, you didn't cause it.
lunar to base lets get this on the kids have gone mad, they've been insane all along.
is sort of internal dialogue - narrator talking to self, trying to get back into the right frame of mind
forever may you run
dont deserve to get lost soon come the waves will stop the still of the night silhouettes in the half light may your struggles all be won
In this, the narrator is saying, you don't deserve to be lost in my moods, in my sadness... the waves will stop soon, I'll stop feeling like I'm drowning in sadness... and may you be victorious in pulling me out of it
i'm looking into the end i've got nowhere left to go i get so inbetween didnt make it to the disco the president's in bed, Been trying to find the king Buddha, he was busy Jesus wasn't there
the narrator is saying, I'm in a really bad place... going back and forth in the waves of sadness. I've asked everyone I know to help - even prayed, but no one was available to help, no one came to my rescue.
there is no other road we'll have to wait before we go so let the heat come in where you end i begin
The narrator continues - this is the only path we have to go down right now, so let's face it and confront all of these problems, because without you, I don't exist.
forever may you run, essentially means, keep fighting me, keeping helping me... keep wanting to work through all of this with me... I hope you always "run" with me down this path, I hope you always "fight" to help me through all of this.
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I really love both this song and ur interpretation of it! I agree with the entire 1st part. One constant in G's lyrics r waves, I feel to him they r where he hides or perhaps self medicated from possible depression. I was diagnosed with that some time ago and found myself doing the same. As far as G, their is a fine line between genus and mental issues, even minor one's! He's def a lyrical genus!...Toward the end, I feel he is saying, u got urself in u can get urself out, other's rely on a higher power, he had an amazing support network, his family! "All my Life" says it all! Thanks