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.
We’ve had our troubles here, as clever hopes expire
I think were falling apart
Obsessive private lives, emptiness of denial
We’ve got this down to an art
Those childhood memories, lost fields and our bruised knees
Now faded photographs, depict forgotten laughs
Dancing to traffic lights, the moon was huge that night
Now i see tired eyes, your throwing away everything
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
(can have you)
Uncertain and afraid, low dishonest decade
A love alone in the dark
Wardrobes of excuses, no one ever looses
The years of frowns like thunder
Dancing on wasted feet, the way you’d cling to me
My minds now in the past, mirror of broken glass
The way your car would screech and fires on the beach
This time will vaguely leak we’ll only end up hurting again
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
Could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
I think were falling apart
Obsessive private lives, emptiness of denial
We’ve got this down to an art
Those childhood memories, lost fields and our bruised knees
Now faded photographs, depict forgotten laughs
Dancing to traffic lights, the moon was huge that night
Now i see tired eyes, your throwing away everything
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
(can have you)
Uncertain and afraid, low dishonest decade
A love alone in the dark
Wardrobes of excuses, no one ever looses
The years of frowns like thunder
Dancing on wasted feet, the way you’d cling to me
My minds now in the past, mirror of broken glass
The way your car would screech and fires on the beach
This time will vaguely leak we’ll only end up hurting again
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
Could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
There’s no way I’m working for
The one who could have you
Lyrics submitted by CharliesAngels
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