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.
Tried to break love to a science
In an act of pure defiance
I broke her heart
There's a pull up on her theories
There's a watch her growing weary
I broke her heart.
Having heavy conversations
About the furthest constellations of our souls
We're just trying to find some meaning
In the things that we believe in
But we got some ways to go
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead.
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
I tried pushing evolution
As the obvious conclusion off the start
But it was all my own amusement
Saying love was an illusion of a hopeless heart
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
In an act of pure defiance
I broke her heart
There's a pull up on her theories
There's a watch her growing weary
I broke her heart.
Having heavy conversations
About the furthest constellations of our souls
We're just trying to find some meaning
In the things that we believe in
But we got some ways to go
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead.
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
I tried pushing evolution
As the obvious conclusion off the start
But it was all my own amusement
Saying love was an illusion of a hopeless heart
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Lyrics submitted by Sypher, edited by Goldenkarma
Science & Faith Lyrics as written by Mark Anthony Sheehan Daniel John O'donoghue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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("down to chemicals", not "got the chemicals?")