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.
There he goes
My baby walks so slow
Sexual tic-tac-toe
Yeah, I know we both know
It isn't time
But could you be m-mine
We'll never get too far
Just you, me and the bar
Silly "menage a trois" sometimes
Would you be mine [Repeat x3]
Oh baby, lights on
But your mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone hey
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone
Give you a fever, fever yeah
There it goes
You stole my soul and so
Cause, sweetheart
A-no-no-nobody a-no-no-knows
They're occupied
Time to be m-mine
Let's get inside your car
Just you, me and the stars
Kind of menage à trois sometimes
Would he be mine [Repeat x3]
Oh baby, lights on
But your mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone (ooh)
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone (ooh)
Give you a fever, fever, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah [Repeat x7]
Oh baby, your light's on
But your mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone (ooh)
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone (ooh)
Give you a fever, fever, yeah
(Ooh)
Give you fever fever fever yeah
Fever, fever, yeah
My baby walks so slow
Sexual tic-tac-toe
Yeah, I know we both know
It isn't time
But could you be m-mine
We'll never get too far
Just you, me and the bar
Silly "menage a trois" sometimes
Would you be mine [Repeat x3]
Oh baby, lights on
But your mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone hey
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone
Give you a fever, fever yeah
There it goes
You stole my soul and so
Cause, sweetheart
A-no-no-nobody a-no-no-knows
They're occupied
Time to be m-mine
Let's get inside your car
Just you, me and the stars
Kind of menage à trois sometimes
Would he be mine [Repeat x3]
Oh baby, lights on
But your mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone (ooh)
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone (ooh)
Give you a fever, fever, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah [Repeat x7]
Oh baby, your light's on
But your mom's not home
I'm sick of laying down alone (ooh)
With this fever, fever, yeah
My one and own
I wanna get you alone (ooh)
Give you a fever, fever, yeah
(Ooh)
Give you fever fever fever yeah
Fever, fever, yeah
Lyrics submitted by zackfairthepuppy
Fever Lyrics as written by Rob Fusari Jeff Bhasker
Lyrics © SONY ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING,
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