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.
Pull out all the stops
We are coming home tonight
A pair of old boxing gloves
In a new fight
Where every single scar
Well it means something to me
As if life wrote down my history
bottles and road signs
Sound like tires on bent wheels
Our hands and feet and ordinary thrills
When we unlocked all the doors
Just so we could finally breathe
Just so we could sew down these torn up sleeves
here we stand with a wolf like shadow
Here we stand in the end
Hey New York here's our wolf like shadow
Hey New York our old friend
this roof could be my bed
Blankets feel like the night sky
Blankets feel better the heavier they get
Red lights can mean go
I'll take us home
I'll take us home
Cut down the blinds from my windows
I stood back on the couch
Remembered this is my life
With my hands over my head
Friends by my side
here is where we'll go
I'll take us home
We are coming home tonight
A pair of old boxing gloves
In a new fight
Where every single scar
Well it means something to me
As if life wrote down my history
bottles and road signs
Sound like tires on bent wheels
Our hands and feet and ordinary thrills
When we unlocked all the doors
Just so we could finally breathe
Just so we could sew down these torn up sleeves
here we stand with a wolf like shadow
Here we stand in the end
Hey New York here's our wolf like shadow
Hey New York our old friend
this roof could be my bed
Blankets feel like the night sky
Blankets feel better the heavier they get
Red lights can mean go
I'll take us home
I'll take us home
Cut down the blinds from my windows
I stood back on the couch
Remembered this is my life
With my hands over my head
Friends by my side
here is where we'll go
I'll take us home
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I'll Take Us Home Lyrics as written by Matthew Wesley Johnson Kimberly Ann Schifino
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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