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.
Yeah!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
ooh, ooh
Oh! can i catch your eye tonight
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
We could live forever
One line at a time
So let's sway!
Step one is your heart,
Rip it up for another
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
Tie it to sincerity and
This is the soundtrack for lovers!!
So baby c'mon
Get down (get down)
Why now (why now)
So right (so right)
And watch (and watch)
Me drown (me drown)
The mo...ments
Right
Your finger is on the trigger
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say good
A shimmy shimmy go go
We're lovers with such precision
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say good
A shimmy shimmy go go
Nooo, social suicide this time
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
When i repeat confessions
With catastrophe in mind
And f**k it's sublime
Step one is your heart,
Rip it up for another
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
Tie it to sincerity and
This is the soundtrack for lovers!!
So baby c'mon
Get down
Why now
Soo...
Right
Your finger is on the trigger
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say good
A shimmy shimmy go go
We're lovers with such precision
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say goodbye tonight
Yeah!
....Ooh, ooh
Oh! Get down
Why now (why now)
So right (so right)
(****FADES OUT****)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
ooh, ooh
Oh! can i catch your eye tonight
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
We could live forever
One line at a time
So let's sway!
Step one is your heart,
Rip it up for another
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
Tie it to sincerity and
This is the soundtrack for lovers!!
So baby c'mon
Get down (get down)
Why now (why now)
So right (so right)
And watch (and watch)
Me drown (me drown)
The mo...ments
Right
Your finger is on the trigger
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say good
A shimmy shimmy go go
We're lovers with such precision
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say good
A shimmy shimmy go go
Nooo, social suicide this time
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
When i repeat confessions
With catastrophe in mind
And f**k it's sublime
Step one is your heart,
Rip it up for another
(I'm so beside myself tonight, so beside myself tonight)
Tie it to sincerity and
This is the soundtrack for lovers!!
So baby c'mon
Get down
Why now
Soo...
Right
Your finger is on the trigger
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say good
A shimmy shimmy go go
We're lovers with such precision
So say goodbye, goodbye
Your finger is on the trigger
So say goodbye tonight
Yeah!
....Ooh, ooh
Oh! Get down
Why now (why now)
So right (so right)
(****FADES OUT****)
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