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.
Change my life, seize me. Change me, chain me
Change my life, please me. Change me, chain me
A lonely beach in the distance far
The building sites, the city lights
Seeking her Atlantis
Beneath a windy town
Lost in her fantasies
Drowning in her dream
The waves so wild
Pounding patterns into white
Modern times descended
The dream is taking flight
Running from the beach, suspended are the lights
"What'll I find," she says, "In the ropes, death or life"?
Returning to the folds, like her mother's dress
She heads for the structure, for eventual re-birth
Change my life, seize me. Change me, chain me
Change my life, please me. Change me, chain me
The water's black and the moon drifts by
Orchestral nights perform their rites
Sinking in Atlantis
They dance on their way down
A figure slowly exiting from this crazy scene
And Neptune smiles with his trident come to life
He summons me to the sea
To be his liquid wife
Standing on a bridge, I can see for miles
"Change my life," she says
A cab drives by and she smiles
Spinning round in the city light, she got up without a word
Turned around and disappeared into the night
Change my life, seize me. Change me, chain me
Change my life, please me. Change me, chain me
Change my life, please me. Change me, chain me
A lonely beach in the distance far
The building sites, the city lights
Seeking her Atlantis
Beneath a windy town
Lost in her fantasies
Drowning in her dream
The waves so wild
Pounding patterns into white
Modern times descended
The dream is taking flight
Running from the beach, suspended are the lights
"What'll I find," she says, "In the ropes, death or life"?
Returning to the folds, like her mother's dress
She heads for the structure, for eventual re-birth
Change my life, seize me. Change me, chain me
Change my life, please me. Change me, chain me
The water's black and the moon drifts by
Orchestral nights perform their rites
Sinking in Atlantis
They dance on their way down
A figure slowly exiting from this crazy scene
And Neptune smiles with his trident come to life
He summons me to the sea
To be his liquid wife
Standing on a bridge, I can see for miles
"Change my life," she says
A cab drives by and she smiles
Spinning round in the city light, she got up without a word
Turned around and disappeared into the night
Change my life, seize me. Change me, chain me
Change my life, please me. Change me, chain me
Lyrics submitted by ~*Marishka*~
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