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.
On a sunny day
That I wake
I doubt that I'll get better tomorrow
Maintained by the reasonable thing that I wish
Underneath my eyelids
So much hate and violence
What it took to build me
Wasn't enough to kill me
Oooooooh, let me lie some more
I really needed a friend
Who'll listen till the end
Such a pleading case that I made
Convinced them that we could do again
What we did back then but even better tomorrow
Just another number
Dropped for better value
To nothing but build me
Wasn't enough to kill me
Ooooooh, let me lie some more
I really needed a friend
At least until the end
Would you give me life support?
It never has to end
These are the numbers
Let me look at the numbers
Now, what will be, will be, will be, kills me
Ooooooh, let me lie some more
It never has to end
But look what we began
You gave me life support
And never let it end
And listened till the end
Cuz you, you were my support
When I really needed a friend
Just look at the numbers
Cause we are the numbers
That I wake
I doubt that I'll get better tomorrow
Maintained by the reasonable thing that I wish
Underneath my eyelids
So much hate and violence
What it took to build me
Wasn't enough to kill me
Oooooooh, let me lie some more
I really needed a friend
Who'll listen till the end
Such a pleading case that I made
Convinced them that we could do again
What we did back then but even better tomorrow
Just another number
Dropped for better value
To nothing but build me
Wasn't enough to kill me
Ooooooh, let me lie some more
I really needed a friend
At least until the end
Would you give me life support?
It never has to end
These are the numbers
Let me look at the numbers
Now, what will be, will be, will be, kills me
Ooooooh, let me lie some more
It never has to end
But look what we began
You gave me life support
And never let it end
And listened till the end
Cuz you, you were my support
When I really needed a friend
Just look at the numbers
Cause we are the numbers
Lyrics submitted by boundbythebich
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