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.
Rosey-cheeked
Checkered black & blue
He?s jumping hoops through the rings you ran around him
Sweating kerosene
Remembering how you set the sky alight
My scuffed knee?s deep in tragedy
And there?s one boy left that treads the thought
That you?d still waste your time on him
Hail the?
Heart breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
I could be yr catcher -
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
Wishin? that i bottled love and blew kisses off the coast
Cause the desertions kinda getting old
Pissed vows in the streets
somehow do us part
I?m narcoleptic, pickin? fights with dusk
So my lips slur
Something romantic about a shot in the dark
And your dress whirls
A dance i don?t ever wanna stop
Hail the?
Heart breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
I could be yr catcher -
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
I could be your catcher
I could be your catcher
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
I could be your catcher
I could be your catcher
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
Heart-breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
Hail the?
Heart breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
I could be yr catcher -
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own.
Checkered black & blue
He?s jumping hoops through the rings you ran around him
Sweating kerosene
Remembering how you set the sky alight
My scuffed knee?s deep in tragedy
And there?s one boy left that treads the thought
That you?d still waste your time on him
Hail the?
Heart breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
I could be yr catcher -
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
Wishin? that i bottled love and blew kisses off the coast
Cause the desertions kinda getting old
Pissed vows in the streets
somehow do us part
I?m narcoleptic, pickin? fights with dusk
So my lips slur
Something romantic about a shot in the dark
And your dress whirls
A dance i don?t ever wanna stop
Hail the?
Heart breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
I could be yr catcher -
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
I could be your catcher
I could be your catcher
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
I could be your catcher
I could be your catcher
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own
Heart-breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
Hail the?
Heart breaker?s with offside ovations
To hot and bothered to care for a bearing that only lead home
I could be yr catcher -
Just write off the misses
Singin? it like you?ve dragged this on your own.
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