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.
Three purple butterflies smiling at me
With their alligator eyes just shooting the breeze
She said
Find the lines to connect the dots
The pans and the pots turn themselves into robots
Little ladybug busting a move
With your dilated eyes just shooting the breeze
She came
Without the rules there would be no game
The boxes and the skids build themselves into pyramids
Urban planners
Fresh as wes and Tropicana
Never deceiving
Tripping on bananas bust it
No break it down
Insane decision
Underpaid doctor paging world vision
Boy
Knot another chord
Surfing on a Ouija board
Strumming with an icepick
Papers love an oil slick
Trustable
Combusting the combustibles
Mind your manners
And watch out for the tricks from
Question mark police
With shrewd intensions
Randomness agrees
With good intensions
Three little aloe plants working to sooth
With their bifurcated arms just living to ooze
She healed
Without the Finch there would be no Steeles
The flippers and the keels turned themselves into navy seals
Little ladybug busting a move
With your dilated eyes just shooting the breeze
She came
Without the rules there would be no game
The boxes and the skids build themselves into pyramids
Urban planners
Fresh as wes and Tropicana
Never deceiving
Tripping on bananas bust it
No break it down
Insane decision
Underpaid doctor paging world vision
Boy
Knot another chord
Surfing on a Ouija board
Strumming with an icepick
Papers love an oil slick
Trustable
Combusting the combustibles
Mind your manners
And watch out for the tricks from
Question mark police
With shrewd intensions
Randomness agrees
With good intensions
Question mark police
With shrewd intensions
Randomness agrees
With good intensions
With their alligator eyes just shooting the breeze
She said
Find the lines to connect the dots
The pans and the pots turn themselves into robots
Little ladybug busting a move
With your dilated eyes just shooting the breeze
She came
Without the rules there would be no game
The boxes and the skids build themselves into pyramids
Urban planners
Fresh as wes and Tropicana
Never deceiving
Tripping on bananas bust it
No break it down
Insane decision
Underpaid doctor paging world vision
Boy
Knot another chord
Surfing on a Ouija board
Strumming with an icepick
Papers love an oil slick
Trustable
Combusting the combustibles
Mind your manners
And watch out for the tricks from
Question mark police
With shrewd intensions
Randomness agrees
With good intensions
Three little aloe plants working to sooth
With their bifurcated arms just living to ooze
She healed
Without the Finch there would be no Steeles
The flippers and the keels turned themselves into navy seals
Little ladybug busting a move
With your dilated eyes just shooting the breeze
She came
Without the rules there would be no game
The boxes and the skids build themselves into pyramids
Urban planners
Fresh as wes and Tropicana
Never deceiving
Tripping on bananas bust it
No break it down
Insane decision
Underpaid doctor paging world vision
Boy
Knot another chord
Surfing on a Ouija board
Strumming with an icepick
Papers love an oil slick
Trustable
Combusting the combustibles
Mind your manners
And watch out for the tricks from
Question mark police
With shrewd intensions
Randomness agrees
With good intensions
Question mark police
With shrewd intensions
Randomness agrees
With good intensions
Lyrics submitted by NIQ702
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