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 am not skilled to understand
What God has willed what God has planned
I only know at his right hand
Stands one who is my Savior
I take him at his word and deed
Christ died to save me, this I read
And in my heart I find a need
Of him to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior (my Savior)
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
Yes, living, dying let me bring
My Strength, my solace from this spring
That he who lives to be my king
Once died to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My savior Loves, my savior Lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed what God has planned
I only know at his right hand
Stands one who is my Savior
I take him at his word and deed
Christ died to save me, this I read
And in my heart I find a need
Of him to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior (my Savior)
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My Savior loves, my Savior lives
My Savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
Yes, living, dying let me bring
My Strength, my solace from this spring
That he who lives to be my king
Once died to be my Savior
That he would leave his place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior
My savior loves, my savior lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
My savior Loves, my savior Lives
My savior's always there for me
My God he was, my God he is
My God is always gonna be
I am not skilled to understand
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I adore this song like no other. it's basically after she's lost someone - it doesn't even have to be a lover. it could be a friend or relative or someone close. she's been lethargic and in that state of disbelief and shock where you don't fully understand it, and when she states, "Oh my God" it's her realization that that loved one really is gone for good ("Oh you're gone").
So true …Â this song never stops hurting no matter how many times you let it loop.
@chachalola Couldn't have said it better. <br /> <br /> Whenever I listen to this song, I can't help but imagine finding a dead body in a bath tub. "...Keeping the bath warm..." Someone committed suicide... or had too much to drink and fell asleep in the bath.
Does anyone else here the riff for "The Strangers" in here?
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My heart breaks every time I listen to this. So good. I wish she still did acoustic stuff sometimes...and didn't completely eschew the instrument now (she says she doesn't own a single acoustic out of the 20+/- guitars that she owns.... (?!?)).
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