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.
Watching you when your in the rain,
Holding up your arms and letting water wash all over you,
Running down your hair making rainbows in the street,
And the patterns on your feet and on your shoes,
Just love watching old films with you,
Making a joke of all the jokes you like,
And laughing way to loud not at the jokes but at the fact you like them,
I guess you think I'm wierd, you got no idea,
Your singing early elvis,
Rocker billy coming from the beat up car radio,
And you dont seem to know any of the words,
But you wind your window down and punch the air,
I hear you in the other room,
Brushing your teeth like it is the last time that you'll ever get to do it,
Standing in your pants,
What I would give to be that mirror in the bathroom right now,
And I like myself when I'm with you,
And I imagine what you do,
When you are doing all the things you do to get ready for bed,
Talking books filling your head,
As you close your eyes,
Oh if you could be inside my body,
When I see you,
When I hear you,
When I touch you,
Or just when I think that I might see or hear or touch you,
Maybe you'd stop crying,
Maybe you'd stop crying,
And I write this not to say something,
But because I've got something important to say to you,
F. Scott Fitzgerald said that,
I couldn't come up with that,
But your the greatest thing there is,
Your the greatest thing there is,
I came up with that,
So this one's for you
Holding up your arms and letting water wash all over you,
Running down your hair making rainbows in the street,
And the patterns on your feet and on your shoes,
Just love watching old films with you,
Making a joke of all the jokes you like,
And laughing way to loud not at the jokes but at the fact you like them,
I guess you think I'm wierd, you got no idea,
Your singing early elvis,
Rocker billy coming from the beat up car radio,
And you dont seem to know any of the words,
But you wind your window down and punch the air,
I hear you in the other room,
Brushing your teeth like it is the last time that you'll ever get to do it,
Standing in your pants,
What I would give to be that mirror in the bathroom right now,
And I like myself when I'm with you,
And I imagine what you do,
When you are doing all the things you do to get ready for bed,
Talking books filling your head,
As you close your eyes,
Oh if you could be inside my body,
When I see you,
When I hear you,
When I touch you,
Or just when I think that I might see or hear or touch you,
Maybe you'd stop crying,
Maybe you'd stop crying,
And I write this not to say something,
But because I've got something important to say to you,
F. Scott Fitzgerald said that,
I couldn't come up with that,
But your the greatest thing there is,
Your the greatest thing there is,
I came up with that,
So this one's for you
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thats a really good point i never looked at it like that before..<br /> <br /> <br /> ....Especially the "We don't all have the capacity to write like F. Scott Fitzgerald, or Keats, or Shakespeare, but it's arguable that we all have the same emotions to express."<br /> <br /> thanks