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.
It's not for lack of percipience that I turned my back
It's just that I've become so absent from my own train of thought
I'm only just treading water, I'm only just treading water
I'm only just treading water, I'm only just treading water
It's not for lack of faith in what was shared that I had to leave
It's just that I've lost track of all the things you said
And I'm only just treading water, just holding my head above the surface
I'm only just treading water, but it's starting to seep in
A breath to wake me, like the shock of falling as you drift away
I'm just not able to take it all in I'm only just treading water
But it's starting to seep in
I'm not saying there's anyone
Any one thing that's left me floating in the breeze
Or that the earth has pulled me in. I'm just not where I should be
I've lost track of my own train of thought
And if the venom spills like turgid wine from the mouth
To which I belong, forgive me
I'm only just treading water
I'm only just above the surface of what I've become
With sleep confined to rotten dreams
I'm only just treading water, just holding my head above the surface
I'm only just treading water, but it's starting to seep in
A breath to wake me, like the shock of falling as you drift away
I'm just not able to take it all in I'm only just treading water
I'm only just treading water
But it's starting to seep in- a breath to wake me
Like the shock of falling as you drift away
It's all that keeps me here
I'm only just treading water
It's all that keeps me here
I'm only just treading water but it's starting to seep in
It's just that I've become so absent from my own train of thought
I'm only just treading water, I'm only just treading water
I'm only just treading water, I'm only just treading water
It's not for lack of faith in what was shared that I had to leave
It's just that I've lost track of all the things you said
And I'm only just treading water, just holding my head above the surface
I'm only just treading water, but it's starting to seep in
A breath to wake me, like the shock of falling as you drift away
I'm just not able to take it all in I'm only just treading water
But it's starting to seep in
I'm not saying there's anyone
Any one thing that's left me floating in the breeze
Or that the earth has pulled me in. I'm just not where I should be
I've lost track of my own train of thought
And if the venom spills like turgid wine from the mouth
To which I belong, forgive me
I'm only just treading water
I'm only just above the surface of what I've become
With sleep confined to rotten dreams
I'm only just treading water, just holding my head above the surface
I'm only just treading water, but it's starting to seep in
A breath to wake me, like the shock of falling as you drift away
I'm just not able to take it all in I'm only just treading water
I'm only just treading water
But it's starting to seep in- a breath to wake me
Like the shock of falling as you drift away
It's all that keeps me here
I'm only just treading water
It's all that keeps me here
I'm only just treading water but it's starting to seep in
Lyrics submitted by IHeartThrobsy
Fruity Lexia Lyrics as written by Trad Nathan Joel Fletcher Birch
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Goddamn the new album is good.. great job boys makes me proud to be in a brisbane hardcore band when bands like amity are making our scene thrive!!! :)
I used to not like this song when I first listened to Amity...wtf was wrong with me then!?
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