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.
[scratching: One People...]
Essentially one energy under the sun
“We got to live as one”
[Virtuoso]
Yo when all forms of payment and educations
Involve enslavement and degradation
This wasteful culture will kill us all
Neanderthals peeping how we live will be appalled
Hard ministration need to do some reflection
And make a vaccination for world wide infections
And let the most disprivileged of us
Rise from the dust it's a must we increase our trust
In foreign lands remember every war is planned
By the hands of the government there on some other shit
That they won't let us understand
But keep your selfish ways
Crime pays and the CIA needs a raise
The same energies flowing through the leaves of the seas
Going through you and me see we're O N E
Skin pigment separations
A figment of imagination
A plan regiment for domination
[scratching: One people...]
Essentially one energy under the sun
“We got to live as one”
Essentially one energy under the sun
“We got to be as one”
[Virtuoso]
You think acting devilish might settle this problem
Man how you going to erase hate with hate
That don't make no sense dollars so dense
Need to open you mind let some hope in your mind
Know that its time to show some respect and take a step
I know its hard but in time it will connect
Let's build a bridge over troubled waters
And teach out sons to love our daughters
Instead of guns and slaughter
Its clouds sun and water
Because nature don't hate ya
So why do you litter hit her and rape her
The fact of one molecular structure should settle the
Puncture put in our love our violent settlers
Focused I notice everything in my dimension
Like retired pension receivers who once believed in high ascension
Now they sitting by contemplating
Were they wrong for taking the stand for the freedom they all been craving
[scratching: One people...]
Essentially one energy under the sun
We got to live as one
Essentially one energy under the sun
We got to be as one
[Virtuoso]
Its trees leaves the waves from the seas
And aids the disease even the air we breathe
Mud blood slug shots from a slug by thugs
From the hub for the love of money and drugs
Say it's not what it was but a forward movements perpetual
I think that a timelines merely conceptual
It all remains the same they live with aimless brains
The name is changed but no pain no gain so stains
Our caskets to influence the masses
And the government smothers with hypnotic gases
Politicians make erotic passes
Youth die in the hottest clashes
But ones killed is not as fast as
Gun slingers who could lift you with one finger
Memories of a sun linger none's bringer
Who carry your flowers hand on the gun spraying showers
As one we trying to stand on the sun today is ours
[scratching: One people...]
“We got to live as one”
“We got to be as one”
“We got to live as one”
“We got to be as one”
“One... One... One..”
Essentially one energy under the sun
“We got to live as one”
[Virtuoso]
Yo when all forms of payment and educations
Involve enslavement and degradation
This wasteful culture will kill us all
Neanderthals peeping how we live will be appalled
Hard ministration need to do some reflection
And make a vaccination for world wide infections
And let the most disprivileged of us
Rise from the dust it's a must we increase our trust
In foreign lands remember every war is planned
By the hands of the government there on some other shit
That they won't let us understand
But keep your selfish ways
Crime pays and the CIA needs a raise
The same energies flowing through the leaves of the seas
Going through you and me see we're O N E
Skin pigment separations
A figment of imagination
A plan regiment for domination
[scratching: One people...]
Essentially one energy under the sun
“We got to live as one”
Essentially one energy under the sun
“We got to be as one”
[Virtuoso]
You think acting devilish might settle this problem
Man how you going to erase hate with hate
That don't make no sense dollars so dense
Need to open you mind let some hope in your mind
Know that its time to show some respect and take a step
I know its hard but in time it will connect
Let's build a bridge over troubled waters
And teach out sons to love our daughters
Instead of guns and slaughter
Its clouds sun and water
Because nature don't hate ya
So why do you litter hit her and rape her
The fact of one molecular structure should settle the
Puncture put in our love our violent settlers
Focused I notice everything in my dimension
Like retired pension receivers who once believed in high ascension
Now they sitting by contemplating
Were they wrong for taking the stand for the freedom they all been craving
[scratching: One people...]
Essentially one energy under the sun
We got to live as one
Essentially one energy under the sun
We got to be as one
[Virtuoso]
Its trees leaves the waves from the seas
And aids the disease even the air we breathe
Mud blood slug shots from a slug by thugs
From the hub for the love of money and drugs
Say it's not what it was but a forward movements perpetual
I think that a timelines merely conceptual
It all remains the same they live with aimless brains
The name is changed but no pain no gain so stains
Our caskets to influence the masses
And the government smothers with hypnotic gases
Politicians make erotic passes
Youth die in the hottest clashes
But ones killed is not as fast as
Gun slingers who could lift you with one finger
Memories of a sun linger none's bringer
Who carry your flowers hand on the gun spraying showers
As one we trying to stand on the sun today is ours
[scratching: One people...]
“We got to live as one”
“We got to be as one”
“We got to live as one”
“We got to be as one”
“One... One... One..”
Lyrics submitted by kmk_natasha
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.