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.
well you're acing and you're aging
and you're aching and you're airing
and you're being and you're boying
and you're doing and you're dying
and you're reaking and you're eyeing
and you're acting and you're adding
and you're aiming and you're airing
and you're entering a hypen
and you're arming and your awning
and you're baking and you're bailing
and you're banking and you're biting
and you're boring and you're falling
and you're falling of a wall
and the wall is in a ceiling
ceiling and digging and digging
and...cake
she's eating what she's finding and growing
she's hearing what she's imping and jousting
she's napping while she's offing and pounding
while starving what she's toasting
booing at the people
in the row above the first
and when you look into the spine
you find a face that is the worst
and its a phone inside
a cup inside a box on top of Steve
and if you try to make some sense
you eat a bowl of hairy cheese
and when you look inside the wall
to see the in-su-la-ti-on
you find a pocket of hot air
and forty little men named Juan
and this hasn't been a
very very good trip at all
in fact its almost over
thank God for for Monte Hall
your phonebook is on top of a mountain
I like to visit family and friends
let's go and watch a movie tomorrow
have you seen my new tv?
face inside a fist
inside a little piece of air
and its a jam inside a face
inside a plate of lumpy chair
Albert rolling sideways
while he tries to say hello
and a frog has eaten cockroach
when a screw has fallen low
birds are eating haddock
and i'd like to eat some too
and uh... have you eaten haddock?
its pretty good for you
I can see a bee and now
I can see a bee and now
I can see a bee and now
I can see a bee and now
we like to keep our shoelaces untied
and sit on top of chairs with harsh bends
I tried to build a cabbage from lettuce
and now this song will end
and you're aching and you're airing
and you're being and you're boying
and you're doing and you're dying
and you're reaking and you're eyeing
and you're acting and you're adding
and you're aiming and you're airing
and you're entering a hypen
and you're arming and your awning
and you're baking and you're bailing
and you're banking and you're biting
and you're boring and you're falling
and you're falling of a wall
and the wall is in a ceiling
ceiling and digging and digging
and...cake
she's eating what she's finding and growing
she's hearing what she's imping and jousting
she's napping while she's offing and pounding
while starving what she's toasting
booing at the people
in the row above the first
and when you look into the spine
you find a face that is the worst
and its a phone inside
a cup inside a box on top of Steve
and if you try to make some sense
you eat a bowl of hairy cheese
and when you look inside the wall
to see the in-su-la-ti-on
you find a pocket of hot air
and forty little men named Juan
and this hasn't been a
very very good trip at all
in fact its almost over
thank God for for Monte Hall
your phonebook is on top of a mountain
I like to visit family and friends
let's go and watch a movie tomorrow
have you seen my new tv?
face inside a fist
inside a little piece of air
and its a jam inside a face
inside a plate of lumpy chair
Albert rolling sideways
while he tries to say hello
and a frog has eaten cockroach
when a screw has fallen low
birds are eating haddock
and i'd like to eat some too
and uh... have you eaten haddock?
its pretty good for you
I can see a bee and now
I can see a bee and now
I can see a bee and now
I can see a bee and now
we like to keep our shoelaces untied
and sit on top of chairs with harsh bends
I tried to build a cabbage from lettuce
and now this song will end
Lyrics submitted by babycurvescankill
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