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 woke up
(To diseases)
I shut out
(TV screens, and)
Then I count
(All my sneezes)
Then I count
(Well, he needs 'em)
I am a knight
I am a color, oh
I am a light
I am your brother, oh
I sat still
(With the syrup)
I feel ill
(It'll clear up)
Take my pill
(You don't fear us?)
Take my pill
(With the syrup)
I am a knight
I am a color, oh
I am a light
I am your brother, oh
Swing
Swing
Swing
I climbed hills of chimneys tall like butter
(Tall like caverns in my teeth)
And when I came to I did shudder
(We were trying to believe)
And when the day has ended
And when our hearts unfold
We'll glow like the night sky, oh
We'll glow like centerfolds
This is not our last disguise
(I love him, dark out of)
This is not our last disguise
(We are him, we love him)
This is not our last disguise
(Our love's not recited)
This is not our last disguise
(Ten years worth avoided)
This is not our last disguise
(We smoked it, we drank it)
This is not our last disguise
(It's warm like a blanket)
This is not our last disguise
(In forty years, they'll leave us
Unconscious, they hear us, they hear us, they hear us)
(To diseases)
I shut out
(TV screens, and)
Then I count
(All my sneezes)
Then I count
(Well, he needs 'em)
I am a knight
I am a color, oh
I am a light
I am your brother, oh
I sat still
(With the syrup)
I feel ill
(It'll clear up)
Take my pill
(You don't fear us?)
Take my pill
(With the syrup)
I am a knight
I am a color, oh
I am a light
I am your brother, oh
Swing
Swing
Swing
I climbed hills of chimneys tall like butter
(Tall like caverns in my teeth)
And when I came to I did shudder
(We were trying to believe)
And when the day has ended
And when our hearts unfold
We'll glow like the night sky, oh
We'll glow like centerfolds
This is not our last disguise
(I love him, dark out of)
This is not our last disguise
(We are him, we love him)
This is not our last disguise
(Our love's not recited)
This is not our last disguise
(Ten years worth avoided)
This is not our last disguise
(We smoked it, we drank it)
This is not our last disguise
(It's warm like a blanket)
This is not our last disguise
(In forty years, they'll leave us
Unconscious, they hear us, they hear us, they hear us)
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