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.
I'm gonna move to Newlyn
Find the light inside of me
Sail the Irish sea to Dublin
What will life ever make of me?
I see the kids play in the street
In their world so happily
My cousin Rick he still believes
There's a world he's yet to see
Carry on or fade away
Eventually there comes a day
We all see we are the same
With different things we choose to say
But what will you say?
I'm gonna hitch up to Glasgow
Learn all the tricks that I ought to know
An open book is still a mystery
So what will life ever make of me?
I see the kids play in the street
In their world so happily
My cousin Rick he still believes
There's a world he's yet to see
Carry on or fade away
Eventually there comes a day
We all see we are the same
With different things we choose to say
But what will you say?
Over and down though hills and towns
In sunshine and in rain
No holding back, relif in that
I'll never feel the same i'll go my own way
I see the kids play in the street
In their world so happily
My cousin Rick he still believes
There's a world he's yet to see
Carry on or fade away
Eventually there comes a day
We all see we are the same
With different things we choose to say
But what will you say?
Find the light inside of me
Sail the Irish sea to Dublin
What will life ever make of me?
I see the kids play in the street
In their world so happily
My cousin Rick he still believes
There's a world he's yet to see
Carry on or fade away
Eventually there comes a day
We all see we are the same
With different things we choose to say
But what will you say?
I'm gonna hitch up to Glasgow
Learn all the tricks that I ought to know
An open book is still a mystery
So what will life ever make of me?
I see the kids play in the street
In their world so happily
My cousin Rick he still believes
There's a world he's yet to see
Carry on or fade away
Eventually there comes a day
We all see we are the same
With different things we choose to say
But what will you say?
Over and down though hills and towns
In sunshine and in rain
No holding back, relif in that
I'll never feel the same i'll go my own way
I see the kids play in the street
In their world so happily
My cousin Rick he still believes
There's a world he's yet to see
Carry on or fade away
Eventually there comes a day
We all see we are the same
With different things we choose to say
But what will you say?
Lyrics submitted by sarararawr
Move to Newlyn Lyrics as written by Joshua Morgan Charlotte Cooper
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