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.
took an irish carbomb
took a mexican quaalude
took a french farce
from a japanese tearoom
took a swedish fish in a rowdy roman bath
before i got to get called
internacionale
took real balls
1988 we were breaking down the walls
now half the kids are dead
and the other half are dressed up like dolls
what we saw
took connecticut yankees to buy back the series
took em less than a decade to bring back the eighties
with the vague paranoia of the entertainment lawyers
topeka destroyers
huck finn and tom sawyer
craig finn and bill mara on politically incorrect
with the mad special guest
charles nelson riley and the chicks with the chests
some guy from the met some guy from the net some guy from the jets and some guy from nofx
some guy that did some stuff with his pants but no one was that impressed
the producers kept trying to push the talk towards young people's attitudes on modern sex
but it all kept coming back to what project can we expect craig finn to get with next
and do you think the upper deck gives craig finn enough respect
and the perception of the public is that craig finn is a little bit complex
and who's your publicist?
and what's up with the tape deck?
and baby is the hassle worth the paycheck?
so much hassle for a raincheck
took a mexican quaalude
took a french farce
from a japanese tearoom
took a swedish fish in a rowdy roman bath
before i got to get called
internacionale
took real balls
1988 we were breaking down the walls
now half the kids are dead
and the other half are dressed up like dolls
what we saw
took connecticut yankees to buy back the series
took em less than a decade to bring back the eighties
with the vague paranoia of the entertainment lawyers
topeka destroyers
huck finn and tom sawyer
craig finn and bill mara on politically incorrect
with the mad special guest
charles nelson riley and the chicks with the chests
some guy from the met some guy from the net some guy from the jets and some guy from nofx
some guy that did some stuff with his pants but no one was that impressed
the producers kept trying to push the talk towards young people's attitudes on modern sex
but it all kept coming back to what project can we expect craig finn to get with next
and do you think the upper deck gives craig finn enough respect
and the perception of the public is that craig finn is a little bit complex
and who's your publicist?
and what's up with the tape deck?
and baby is the hassle worth the paycheck?
so much hassle for a raincheck
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