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.
(Whoa)
I thought
I was cool
But I just
Looked a fool for so long
Now you're gone
Now you're gone
Yeah
Don't speak to me
Don't speak to me, yeah
I recall
All the fights
Most of all
All the times you would lie
In my arms
Now you're gone
You're gone
Yeah
Don't speak to me
Don't be my aim
There's a lot that you don't notice
When you read between the lines
The future's out of focus
When you're blinded by the light
It's the hope for all the hopeless
In the worst of trying times
I resort to being speechless
'Cause our love won't survive, yeah
Our love won't survive
Don't speak a word
Don't speak to me
Don't speak to me, yeah
There's a lot that you don't notice
When you read between the lines
The future's out of focus
When you're blinded by the light
It's the hope for all the hopeless
(Hope for all the hopeless)
In the worst of trying times
(Worst of trying times)
I resort to being speechless
'Cause our love won't survive
I thought
I was cool
But I just
Looked a fool for so long
Now you're gone
Now you're gone
Yeah
Don't speak to me
Don't speak to me, yeah
I recall
All the fights
Most of all
All the times you would lie
In my arms
Now you're gone
You're gone
Yeah
Don't speak to me
Don't be my aim
There's a lot that you don't notice
When you read between the lines
The future's out of focus
When you're blinded by the light
It's the hope for all the hopeless
In the worst of trying times
I resort to being speechless
'Cause our love won't survive, yeah
Our love won't survive
Don't speak a word
Don't speak to me
Don't speak to me, yeah
There's a lot that you don't notice
When you read between the lines
The future's out of focus
When you're blinded by the light
It's the hope for all the hopeless
(Hope for all the hopeless)
In the worst of trying times
(Worst of trying times)
I resort to being speechless
'Cause our love won't survive
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Don't Speak Lyrics as written by Joseph Jonas Nicholas Jonas
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Walt Disney Music Company, Hipgnosis Songs Group
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I think this song is about when the singer is taking their partner for granted and when they try to tell the singer what they feel, the singer isn't really listening to them - "There's a lot that you don't notice when you read between the lines." Usually when a person reads between the lines they notice more, but I think they've used this line to say that they were so focused on looking for things that were probably not even there, they missed the things that their partner was actually saying and doing.
This then leads to a lot of fighting in the relationship where the singer still isn't hearing what their partner is actually saying because they're still looking for signals and messages that aren't there.
Eventually their partner becomes distant and talks their feelings out with other people instead of the singer. The singer is hurt by this and finally realises how they were behaving - "I thought I was cool, but I just looked a fool for so long, now you're gone."
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This damages the relationship further and the singer comes to the realisation that there's no point in trying to fix things because their relationship is too broken - "I resort to being speechless because our love won't survive."