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.
Vision eyes...realize
check it out, yo
Everything goes exactly as I predicted it.
The minutiae is different, I nailed the gist of it.
Just failed to adjust, baby it was a bust,
as I was saying, cravin' blunts, Step-uppers started playin'.
Somebody save us, I'm seeing futures.
So what's the use of knowing the truth if no one is going to believe you?
The curse of Cassandra, my vision eyes reveal all the answers and seem to leave no surprises.
To live and die in circumscribed circumstances: a paralyzing affair, trying's a fool's errand.
You see what I'm saying? I'm sorry if it's scary or obtuse when you feel you're cruising in Doc's Delorean.
Poppin' vodka, pouring juice in, demeanor sober, tomorrow morning I'm seeing a hangover.
My gang's growing older; they know I'm clairvoyant.
I get harangued like "Gold,
just try to enjoy shit a little."
And it annoys me a little.
Sans joy, see through time
and skip stones on the River Styx
and be the first to abandon ship.
Chorus (instrumental)
Deja vu, mayhap have you been here as well,
it feels super familiar. Pray tell,
ever get the urge to take a draft of Mimir's well?
Trip on what's knitted within cashmere veil
Egyptian glyphs, cavern sequence,
in sleep magic dreams reveal hidden patterns between what is real and imagined
Money I have a secret, spoiled the ending, I wish i couldn't see it
To me it's no more profounder then mere logic,
a downer beyond years as we flounder
and fought what I thought would be inescapable,
Like love lost, long term users incapapable
of forming any action spontaneous.
laying on the lawn and I lock got the brūn and the brainiest (?)
along side with those who know not what it's like
under illuminight, more ice, doomed by the foresight a little,
and it annoys me a little.
sans joy, see through time
and skip stones on the River Styx
and flip a rhyme with my boy Chris
Chorus (instrumental and fade out)
check it out, yo
Everything goes exactly as I predicted it.
The minutiae is different, I nailed the gist of it.
Just failed to adjust, baby it was a bust,
as I was saying, cravin' blunts, Step-uppers started playin'.
Somebody save us, I'm seeing futures.
So what's the use of knowing the truth if no one is going to believe you?
The curse of Cassandra, my vision eyes reveal all the answers and seem to leave no surprises.
To live and die in circumscribed circumstances: a paralyzing affair, trying's a fool's errand.
You see what I'm saying? I'm sorry if it's scary or obtuse when you feel you're cruising in Doc's Delorean.
Poppin' vodka, pouring juice in, demeanor sober, tomorrow morning I'm seeing a hangover.
My gang's growing older; they know I'm clairvoyant.
I get harangued like "Gold,
just try to enjoy shit a little."
And it annoys me a little.
Sans joy, see through time
and skip stones on the River Styx
and be the first to abandon ship.
Chorus (instrumental)
Deja vu, mayhap have you been here as well,
it feels super familiar. Pray tell,
ever get the urge to take a draft of Mimir's well?
Trip on what's knitted within cashmere veil
Egyptian glyphs, cavern sequence,
in sleep magic dreams reveal hidden patterns between what is real and imagined
Money I have a secret, spoiled the ending, I wish i couldn't see it
To me it's no more profounder then mere logic,
a downer beyond years as we flounder
and fought what I thought would be inescapable,
Like love lost, long term users incapapable
of forming any action spontaneous.
laying on the lawn and I lock got the brūn and the brainiest (?)
along side with those who know not what it's like
under illuminight, more ice, doomed by the foresight a little,
and it annoys me a little.
sans joy, see through time
and skip stones on the River Styx
and flip a rhyme with my boy Chris
Chorus (instrumental and fade out)
Lyrics submitted by Modoru, edited by Masterfurbix
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