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.
Are we still on the phone
With the lady Anna Clarke
And her trumpet solo
Whose ghost sings for pay
In the blue billiard room of the Monterrey
For room and for board
And the backdoor key is a
19th century civil war sword
Once owned by John Booth
Who misplaced his script
When he caught his leather boot
And this could be the shining hour
Based on all those mad beliefs
In money, oil and angel powder
In the new age magazine
There's a hole in the wall
Behind the photograph of Al Capone
He's a sittin' down at city hall
The police they peek through here
And they watch you get dressed
In the two-way mirror
But its all in good spirits
And if you close your eyes
Ya cant help
Help
But to hear 'em move
And this could be the shining hour
Based on all those mad beliefs
In money, oil and angel powder
In the new age magazine
I propose a toast
To the memory of the horse
Who carried King Tut
And his gold
Into the sun
He collapsed last summer
From a heat stroke
Somewhere in the East Village
Oh it kills me to think
That I'm no longer living
Just looking for excuses to drink
So lift up your glass
And you Ouija board
'Cause I'm fading, fading
Fading fast
And this could be the shining hour
Based on all those mad beliefs
In money, oil and angel powder
In the new age magazine
With the lady Anna Clarke
And her trumpet solo
Whose ghost sings for pay
In the blue billiard room of the Monterrey
For room and for board
And the backdoor key is a
19th century civil war sword
Once owned by John Booth
Who misplaced his script
When he caught his leather boot
And this could be the shining hour
Based on all those mad beliefs
In money, oil and angel powder
In the new age magazine
There's a hole in the wall
Behind the photograph of Al Capone
He's a sittin' down at city hall
The police they peek through here
And they watch you get dressed
In the two-way mirror
But its all in good spirits
And if you close your eyes
Ya cant help
Help
But to hear 'em move
And this could be the shining hour
Based on all those mad beliefs
In money, oil and angel powder
In the new age magazine
I propose a toast
To the memory of the horse
Who carried King Tut
And his gold
Into the sun
He collapsed last summer
From a heat stroke
Somewhere in the East Village
Oh it kills me to think
That I'm no longer living
Just looking for excuses to drink
So lift up your glass
And you Ouija board
'Cause I'm fading, fading
Fading fast
And this could be the shining hour
Based on all those mad beliefs
In money, oil and angel powder
In the new age magazine
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