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.
Woah woah
Woah woah
Days all bleed into one another
Lately
My brain is strained
And I got no direction
Maybe
We could pick up all the pieces off the ground
To this puzzle known for taking people down, down, down
Now you'd better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
Woah woah
And I've been drained from all of your affection
Lately
But I can't complain you're the queen of all deception
Maybe
You should look at all the faces in the crowd
Wear that smile until the curtain's comin' down down down
Now you better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
This building's at capacity
This bomb's a ticking tragedy
And I've got no philosophy
Just pleading for this scenery to change
Enough for me to say
You'd better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
You'd better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
Woah woah
Woah woah
Woah woah
In the blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
In the blink of an eye
We're gonna be wondering why
In the blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
Woah woah
Days all bleed into one another
Lately
My brain is strained
And I got no direction
Maybe
We could pick up all the pieces off the ground
To this puzzle known for taking people down, down, down
Now you'd better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
Woah woah
And I've been drained from all of your affection
Lately
But I can't complain you're the queen of all deception
Maybe
You should look at all the faces in the crowd
Wear that smile until the curtain's comin' down down down
Now you better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
This building's at capacity
This bomb's a ticking tragedy
And I've got no philosophy
Just pleading for this scenery to change
Enough for me to say
You'd better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
You'd better break all the windows
Hotwire my heart
You are the cables
When I fall apart
And I'm goin' nowhere
If this battery dies
In a blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
Woah woah
Woah woah
Woah woah
In the blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
In the blink of an eye
We're gonna be wondering why
In the blink of an eye
We'll be bending time
Lyrics submitted by LovelyMauve
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