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.
It could have been a patch
Some say that it was cursed
You spent your whole life
Trying to wash away the dirt
They said that you were nothing
With the hands under your skirt
So you taught yourself a way
with a rag under your shirt
Oh Larraine
Your daddy loved you wrong
While you planted his gun
Your mother turned her face
Being princess of grace
Oh Larraine
They left you in the woods
To find your way back like a dog
You cried in the dark
While they drank beers on the lawn
Oh Larraine
The nightmares wouldn't stop
So you drink them to a haze
But when you cut the lines
They put you away
You had a little girl
Who had songs about your pain
An episode of grace
Now she's living in L.A.
Oh Larraine
Oh Larraine
Most of them I never knew
But that is just as well
Even as I cry for you
I know they're all in hell
Oh Larraine
Don't you know it was all for you, Larraine
Everything I did was for you, Loarraine
Cause what they did to you they did to me
Some say that it was cursed
You spent your whole life
Trying to wash away the dirt
They said that you were nothing
With the hands under your skirt
So you taught yourself a way
with a rag under your shirt
Oh Larraine
Your daddy loved you wrong
While you planted his gun
Your mother turned her face
Being princess of grace
Oh Larraine
They left you in the woods
To find your way back like a dog
You cried in the dark
While they drank beers on the lawn
Oh Larraine
The nightmares wouldn't stop
So you drink them to a haze
But when you cut the lines
They put you away
You had a little girl
Who had songs about your pain
An episode of grace
Now she's living in L.A.
Oh Larraine
Oh Larraine
Most of them I never knew
But that is just as well
Even as I cry for you
I know they're all in hell
Oh Larraine
Don't you know it was all for you, Larraine
Everything I did was for you, Loarraine
Cause what they did to you they did to me
Lyrics submitted by tikilights
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I found the below on another site. They make more sense.
it could have been a patch Some say that it was cursed You spent your whole life Trying to wash away the dirt
They said that you were nothing With the hands under your skirt So you taught yourself a way With a rag under your shirt
Oh larraine
Your daddy loved you wrong While he pointed his gun Your mother turned her face Being princess of grace
Oh larraine
They left you in the woods To find your way back like a dog You cried in the dark While they drank beers on the lawn
Oh larraine Oh larraine
The nightmares wouldn't stop So you drink them to a haze But when you cut the lines They put you away
You had a little girl Who wrights songs about your pain An episode of grace Now she's living in l.a.
Oh larraine Oh larraine
Most of them i never knew But that is just as well Even as i cry for you I know they're all in ****
Oh larraine
Don't you know it was all for you larraine Everything i did was for you loarraine 'cause what they did to you they did to me
You grew up in a patch<br /> Some say that it was cursed<br /> You spent your whole life<br /> Trying to wash away the dirt<br /> They said that you were nothing<br /> With their hands under your skirt<br /> So you tide yourself away<br /> With a rag under your shirt<br /> Oh Larraine<br /> <br /> Your daddy loved you wrong<br /> While he pointed his gun<br /> Your mother turned her face<br /> Being princess of grace<br /> Oh Larraine<br /> <br /> They left you in the woods<br /> To find your way back like a dog<br /> You cried in the dark<br /> While they drank beers on the lawn<br /> Oh Larraine<br /> Oh Larraine<br /> <br /> The nightmares wouldn’t stop<br /> So you drink them to a haze<br /> But when you cut the lines<br /> They put you away<br /> <br /> You had a little girl<br /> Who writes songs about your pain<br /> An episode of grace<br /> And now she’s living in L.A <br /> Oh Larraine<br /> Oh Larraine<br /> <br /> Most of them I never knew<br /> But that is just as well<br /> Even as I cry for you<br /> I know they’re all in hell<br /> Oh Larraine<br /> <br /> Don’t you know it was all for you Larraine<br /> Everything I did was for you Larraine<br /> Cause what they did to you they did to me<br />