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.
My love she lives on the backwards side of town
My love she lives on the backwards side of town
With her mother and her father and the greif that holds her down
Her hands they're crooked they didn't use to be that way
She listens w/ one and she throws the rest away
She's done alot in her life and she's seen alot today
So if you see her comin' just send her on my way
This mans been cuttin' he's been cuttin' up some flesh
He's been taking lives he's been puttin' 'em to rest
My love she knows him she doesn't want him dead
She's dearly in some trouble as she hides beneath the bed
But now I'm wonderin' just what i can do
I go risk my life and i save hers too
But now I'm bleedin' lyin' dyin' on the floor
She didn't know my name so now i'm dyin' more
Well who's the fool as i die and pass?
I surely don't have to live my life with that
He told her I's a sinkin' ship he told her i was through
And on this here mountain top the preacher says farewell
My bones blowin' everywhere but no one can even tell
This is just the sad story ballad of a man
And this is the sad story I'm that man
My love she lives on the backwards side of town
With her mother and her father and the greif that holds her down
Her hands they're crooked they didn't use to be that way
She listens w/ one and she throws the rest away
She's done alot in her life and she's seen alot today
So if you see her comin' just send her on my way
This mans been cuttin' he's been cuttin' up some flesh
He's been taking lives he's been puttin' 'em to rest
My love she knows him she doesn't want him dead
She's dearly in some trouble as she hides beneath the bed
But now I'm wonderin' just what i can do
I go risk my life and i save hers too
But now I'm bleedin' lyin' dyin' on the floor
She didn't know my name so now i'm dyin' more
Well who's the fool as i die and pass?
I surely don't have to live my life with that
He told her I's a sinkin' ship he told her i was through
And on this here mountain top the preacher says farewell
My bones blowin' everywhere but no one can even tell
This is just the sad story ballad of a man
And this is the sad story I'm that man
Lyrics submitted by III
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