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 felt a black man in my teeth, what a way
Jesus is coming, he acts my age, and he always looks the same
I said a good seed was on your break wasn't a mistake anyway
Well Jesus is coming better act our age
And clean everything
And make a seem
Like you never really needed it anyway,
Yep you never really needed it anyways, okay, okay
John spoke a theory straight in to my brain
God damn did you mean to do that to me
Well Jesus don't come round
Unless we pray each day for 500 days
I don't know what you want anymore
No, I don't know what you want anymore
So we can see
That you never really needed it anyway
No you never really needed it anyway
So we can see
That the bottom going to bury us anyway
So I am doing what I gotta to stay awake
Yeah I am doing what I gotta to stay awake, okay
What happens when I don't know what happens
What happens when I don't know what happens
Just stop and go and stop and go till you can't go run anymore
Just stop and go and stop and go till you can't go
Make it seem
Like we never really needed it anyway
Yeah we never really needed it anyway
So we can see
That the bottom gonna bury us anyway
Yeah your doing you gotta to stay awake
Yeah I am doing what I gotta to stay awake
Jesus is coming, he acts my age, and he always looks the same
I said a good seed was on your break wasn't a mistake anyway
Well Jesus is coming better act our age
And clean everything
And make a seem
Like you never really needed it anyway,
Yep you never really needed it anyways, okay, okay
John spoke a theory straight in to my brain
God damn did you mean to do that to me
Well Jesus don't come round
Unless we pray each day for 500 days
I don't know what you want anymore
No, I don't know what you want anymore
So we can see
That you never really needed it anyway
No you never really needed it anyway
So we can see
That the bottom going to bury us anyway
So I am doing what I gotta to stay awake
Yeah I am doing what I gotta to stay awake, okay
What happens when I don't know what happens
What happens when I don't know what happens
Just stop and go and stop and go till you can't go run anymore
Just stop and go and stop and go till you can't go
Make it seem
Like we never really needed it anyway
Yeah we never really needed it anyway
So we can see
That the bottom gonna bury us anyway
Yeah your doing you gotta to stay awake
Yeah I am doing what I gotta to stay awake
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Wow, that's interesting and it makes sense. Thanks :).