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.
Hello
I watch you come and go
I know you can hear my voice
Don't walk away
Come daydream with me
In closed loops and future-proof cardboard to caviar
Let's show them how good we are
If you look after me, I'll look after you
Sonar, night vision or desperate lovers
Seeking privacy for their forbidden
I am their defenseless host
Through my open wounds they let themselves in
Sheltered (sheltered), they mock me (they mock me)
If you stand up for me, I'll stand up for you
I'm weather-beaten in a losing battle punctured by nature, becoming organic
The air in here ages me, ungracefully!
But if you take care of me, I will take care of you
Oh, my crumbling heart!
If you'll be good to me,
I'll be good to you
I'm amidst
I could be the best decision you ever made, a beacon, your peaceful corner
Find me, cherish me, take me on or pull me down
You choose (Wait!)
Oh, safe in the ache of soul-decay!
'Cause I will remember you
Will you (Remember me?)
Bespoke to broken, this interwoven tapestry of tragedy,
Crooked frames and cracked glazing
Slithers of wistful window gazes glint in borrowed light
Where doorways with no door stage a ballet of leaves,
Who pirouette in the footsteps of once glorious days
By peeling paint, I'm a sunken ceiling,
I'm cracking up, and can seem threatening
I'm falling apart
I'm scary at night
Take dark, forbidden
Keep out, keep out!
No, no, no go forth
A has-been, a once was, the leftovers, an eyesore, bleeding, oxidising,
A few remaining, unloved, emotionally damaged, a waste of space,
A nuisance, I haven't had time to become, unwanted!
What's gone? I'm losing it
This is not what I stand for
This is not what I stand for
This is not what I stand for
It was a perfectly good grand piano
Stop in the name of love!
I've got just what you're looking for!
I've got tree-lined interiors,
Where we can dine with the biosphere
If you'll take care of me, I'll take care of you
If you be good to me, then I'll be good to you
I'm a story in mourning, and you're the author
So pour out your masterpiece
Entropy increasing, how long before I'm dust?
Can we discuss?
I watch you come and go
I know you can hear my voice
Don't walk away
Come daydream with me
In closed loops and future-proof cardboard to caviar
Let's show them how good we are
If you look after me, I'll look after you
Sonar, night vision or desperate lovers
Seeking privacy for their forbidden
I am their defenseless host
Through my open wounds they let themselves in
Sheltered (sheltered), they mock me (they mock me)
If you stand up for me, I'll stand up for you
I'm weather-beaten in a losing battle punctured by nature, becoming organic
The air in here ages me, ungracefully!
But if you take care of me, I will take care of you
Oh, my crumbling heart!
If you'll be good to me,
I'll be good to you
I'm amidst
I could be the best decision you ever made, a beacon, your peaceful corner
Find me, cherish me, take me on or pull me down
You choose (Wait!)
Oh, safe in the ache of soul-decay!
'Cause I will remember you
Will you (Remember me?)
Bespoke to broken, this interwoven tapestry of tragedy,
Crooked frames and cracked glazing
Slithers of wistful window gazes glint in borrowed light
Where doorways with no door stage a ballet of leaves,
Who pirouette in the footsteps of once glorious days
By peeling paint, I'm a sunken ceiling,
I'm cracking up, and can seem threatening
I'm falling apart
I'm scary at night
Take dark, forbidden
Keep out, keep out!
No, no, no go forth
A has-been, a once was, the leftovers, an eyesore, bleeding, oxidising,
A few remaining, unloved, emotionally damaged, a waste of space,
A nuisance, I haven't had time to become, unwanted!
What's gone? I'm losing it
This is not what I stand for
This is not what I stand for
This is not what I stand for
It was a perfectly good grand piano
Stop in the name of love!
I've got just what you're looking for!
I've got tree-lined interiors,
Where we can dine with the biosphere
If you'll take care of me, I'll take care of you
If you be good to me, then I'll be good to you
I'm a story in mourning, and you're the author
So pour out your masterpiece
Entropy increasing, how long before I'm dust?
Can we discuss?
Lyrics submitted by wildebat, edited by IneffablePangolin
Neglected Space Lyrics as written by Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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