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.
Been calling for days
My searches are safe
As you woke up sick
For the second month today
Oh I don't know if they
Don't know if it's right
And you can't seem to tell me
If you're alright
Patience, oh patience, please
Take your time with me
When you thought
Yeah you thought we were high
No clue
That there ain't no way that this could work
What about your plans?
Will they all get fucked up?
There ain't no way in Hell
That this is gonna work
Patience, oh patience, please
Take your time with me
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
You said besides the decision
Well it was yours to make an angel
That's not fair, that's not fair
Let's be fair
So patience, oh patience, please
Take your time with me
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
Alone
Alone
(Both in your rule book and your room)
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here"
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
For Christ's sakes we're just kids
"My body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
Alone
(Both in your rule book and your room)
But who's to say you do it alone?
(Both in your rule book and your room)
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
So who's to say you do it alone?
My searches are safe
As you woke up sick
For the second month today
Oh I don't know if they
Don't know if it's right
And you can't seem to tell me
If you're alright
Patience, oh patience, please
Take your time with me
When you thought
Yeah you thought we were high
No clue
That there ain't no way that this could work
What about your plans?
Will they all get fucked up?
There ain't no way in Hell
That this is gonna work
Patience, oh patience, please
Take your time with me
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
You said besides the decision
Well it was yours to make an angel
That's not fair, that's not fair
Let's be fair
So patience, oh patience, please
Take your time with me
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
Alone
Alone
(Both in your rule book and your room)
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here"
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
For Christ's sakes we're just kids
"My body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
But who's to say you do it alone?
Alone
(Both in your rule book and your room)
But who's to say you do it alone?
(Both in your rule book and your room)
"It's my body, boy
Not your body, look here
For Christ's sakes we're just kids"
You didn't wanna do it alone
So who's to say you do it alone?
Lyrics submitted by nialltg
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Am I the only person that thinks this song is about why his relationship with Chantelle DuPree ended? They were just about to get married and then the wedding was called off. It would make sense that she didn't want to have a child at the height of her success. "What about your plans? Well they'd all get fucked up? There ain't no way in Hell That this is gonna work" I can understand why she would feel that it wouldn't work - two busy, touring parents and she felt that she would get the raw end of the deal and he would go off and tour and she would do it all alone. Obviously he tried to convince her otherwise.
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