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.
The things I like about you
The way you do what you do
The things i like about you
God n the devil alone could not have made you up
Two must have worked as one together
So good just want to eat you up
Let me like the real thing
Lick your sticky fingers boy and sing for your dinner sing
Come on pretty baby make me lose my mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine
Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I'm yours
I can't stop thinking about you
yeah yeah yeah
why would i want to
I like coffee with toast and jelly
But I'd rather be licking from your back to your belly
I think I'm going to
Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I'm yours
Cigarettes and coffee broken heart and being lonely little girls
And ponies are the things that go together
Yes and no you have to choose romeo and juliet the hangman and his noose
You and me would go together
Kiss Kiss make a wish
Hope that it comes true
But I ain't waiting for the world to change
Gonna change the world for you
Come on pretty baby make you lose your mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine
Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I'm yours
The way you do what you do
The things i like about you
God n the devil alone could not have made you up
Two must have worked as one together
So good just want to eat you up
Let me like the real thing
Lick your sticky fingers boy and sing for your dinner sing
Come on pretty baby make me lose my mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine
Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I'm yours
I can't stop thinking about you
yeah yeah yeah
why would i want to
I like coffee with toast and jelly
But I'd rather be licking from your back to your belly
I think I'm going to
Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I'm yours
Cigarettes and coffee broken heart and being lonely little girls
And ponies are the things that go together
Yes and no you have to choose romeo and juliet the hangman and his noose
You and me would go together
Kiss Kiss make a wish
Hope that it comes true
But I ain't waiting for the world to change
Gonna change the world for you
Come on pretty baby make you lose your mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine
Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I'm yours
Lyrics submitted by MidwestDrummer, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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