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.
Hard sums
Sharp toils
When your heart
And when your tonguing money
I'm in the hold
And I've been holding money
Take shape
Take whole
Lie in the space
I've turned my soul about it
Lie to the sun
Lie to the holy body
Signs come
Frail forms
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
When'd you
High shoe
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
At the pawn
Are you all the bad
I've been on the sun
I've been the shed for conning
In time
In soul
You are the bonnie
You are the four of cunning
You are the bud
And you are the warring bonnet
Come in The money
Come in The money
For time is the show
And time is the heart about it
For time is the show
And time is the heart about it
Time rolls
Away gold
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Age old
Form shows
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Sold Homes
Frail Forms
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
In So made
Railing
I'm the poor in the cold
Way gone
You've
Been alone
In the cone
Away from
It's a long
It's a long
Drive home
It's a long
It's a long
Where hard you roam
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
I've been
Long gone
Times of all the haunted hole
Times of all the haunted hole
Constant
Eye Bends
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
Sharp toils
When your heart
And when your tonguing money
I'm in the hold
And I've been holding money
Take shape
Take whole
Lie in the space
I've turned my soul about it
Lie to the sun
Lie to the holy body
Signs come
Frail forms
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
When'd you
High shoe
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
At the pawn
Are you all the bad
I've been on the sun
I've been the shed for conning
In time
In soul
You are the bonnie
You are the four of cunning
You are the bud
And you are the warring bonnet
Come in The money
Come in The money
For time is the show
And time is the heart about it
For time is the show
And time is the heart about it
Time rolls
Away gold
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Age old
Form shows
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Sold Homes
Frail Forms
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
In So made
Railing
I'm the poor in the cold
Way gone
You've
Been alone
In the cone
Away from
It's a long
It's a long
Drive home
It's a long
It's a long
Where hard you roam
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
I've been
Long gone
Times of all the haunted hole
Times of all the haunted hole
Constant
Eye Bends
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
Where did all the money go?
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
You are Far from The Isle in a sea of bond
Lyrics submitted by Fifel88
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