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.
She's pushing 5 6
In her saucony kicks
She got lips like a sofa
And she's strunged out on soda
And the devil was a girl
And she wore a yellow tee
It would be a spitting image
But it's ok with me
[Chorus]
She says
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
She bought a 7 inch
It was pressed on white
It was randy described.....eternity
It's the flip of her hair
It's the sound of her verbs
It's the shape of her legs
It's the way that she curses
She says
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
She says
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
In her saucony kicks
She got lips like a sofa
And she's strunged out on soda
And the devil was a girl
And she wore a yellow tee
It would be a spitting image
But it's ok with me
[Chorus]
She says
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
She bought a 7 inch
It was pressed on white
It was randy described.....eternity
It's the flip of her hair
It's the sound of her verbs
It's the shape of her legs
It's the way that she curses
She says
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
She says
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I got something I think I really wanna tell ya
I got something I think I really wanna show ya
I got something I think I really wanna do right now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Lyrics submitted by BleatsandTinks
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Lyrics as written by Eric Elbogen
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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stereogum.com/the-gum-drop/song.php
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When I first heard this with BTS refrence I was stoked, great song.
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Wow, thank you for that! I never knew that, haha.