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.
Take yourself out of your mind
Open everything they say you are
A breeding bed of lies builds nothing at all
I'd rather be standing up tall and strong
Take yourself out of your mind
Open your eyes to the morning sun
Take into yourself everything you have become
If you believe enough to lead, there's nothing to be won
Take yourself out of your mind
Listen to the rhythm of a different drum
Start with just a walk and break into a run
Together we will come and see the madness be undone
Take yourself out of your mind
Move out the way or tear down the wall
Don't start it all over if there's nothing to resolved
If you stray there is no change, in the end you're gonna fall
Change is part of your life
Change is in your mind
Change is in your mind
Change is in your life
Change is in your eyes
Change is in your mind
Change is in your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Wake up into the morning sun
Get down [Incomprehensible] you have become
If you believe than you can lead, there's nothing to be won
Open everything they say you are
A breeding bed of lies builds nothing at all
I'd rather be standing up tall and strong
Take yourself out of your mind
Open your eyes to the morning sun
Take into yourself everything you have become
If you believe enough to lead, there's nothing to be won
Take yourself out of your mind
Listen to the rhythm of a different drum
Start with just a walk and break into a run
Together we will come and see the madness be undone
Take yourself out of your mind
Move out the way or tear down the wall
Don't start it all over if there's nothing to resolved
If you stray there is no change, in the end you're gonna fall
Change is part of your life
Change is in your mind
Change is in your mind
Change is in your life
Change is in your eyes
Change is in your mind
Change is in your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Wake up into the morning sun
Get down [Incomprehensible] you have become
If you believe than you can lead, there's nothing to be won
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