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.
Early in the morning
Your eyes meet the sun
Work so hard to feed your wife
And time is so alone
The madness in the evening
With diamonds in your hand
Came home an hour early
Caught her with another man
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
On your way back home again
Good to smear it in
You see a man stuck in the range, stranded with no friends
From the goodness of your heart, you saved him from the flood
A couple miles down the road, he's covered in his blood
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
Moving around, to never see it coming
Burnt by the light, she thought that she would run you
Blinded again, floating like a feather
Why can't you see you can't control the weather?
Sometimes I caught myself looking in the mirror
With my eyeballs out and I'm looking at the fear
In the bottom of the chains, saw them growing like a plant
But it never works out the way I wrote it in my hand
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
You know it's always something, you know it's always something
Your eyes meet the sun
Work so hard to feed your wife
And time is so alone
The madness in the evening
With diamonds in your hand
Came home an hour early
Caught her with another man
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
On your way back home again
Good to smear it in
You see a man stuck in the range, stranded with no friends
From the goodness of your heart, you saved him from the flood
A couple miles down the road, he's covered in his blood
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
Moving around, to never see it coming
Burnt by the light, she thought that she would run you
Blinded again, floating like a feather
Why can't you see you can't control the weather?
Sometimes I caught myself looking in the mirror
With my eyeballs out and I'm looking at the fear
In the bottom of the chains, saw them growing like a plant
But it never works out the way I wrote it in my hand
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried (it's always something)
It's always something before the late night
Around the corner, there's always something waiting for you
Can't hold their hands back, can't make the sun rise
It's always something, you know it's always something
You know it's always something, you know it's always something
Lyrics submitted by awholelottabang, edited by Bmiller92, primal23, Stealthheart
Always Something Lyrics as written by Daniel Tichenor Brad Shultz
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