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.
Sometimes when I feel low and things look blue
I wish a boy I had, say, one like you
Someone within her heart to build a throne
Someone who'd never part, to call my own
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
Nothing else would matter in this world today
We could go on loving in the same old way
A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
I could say such wonderful things to you
There would be such wonderful things to do
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
No one I'd ever care for, dear, but you
No one I'd fancy there for to love me too
Your eyes can set me dreaming all night long
Your eyes have set me scheming, right or wrong
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
Nothing else would matter in this world today
We could go on loving in the same old way
A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
I could say such wonderful things to you
There would be such wonderful things to do
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
I wish a boy I had, say, one like you
Someone within her heart to build a throne
Someone who'd never part, to call my own
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
Nothing else would matter in this world today
We could go on loving in the same old way
A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
I could say such wonderful things to you
There would be such wonderful things to do
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
No one I'd ever care for, dear, but you
No one I'd fancy there for to love me too
Your eyes can set me dreaming all night long
Your eyes have set me scheming, right or wrong
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
Nothing else would matter in this world today
We could go on loving in the same old way
A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
I could say such wonderful things to you
There would be such wonderful things to do
If you were the only girl in the world
And you were the only boy
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If You Were the Only Girl Lyrics as written by Nathaniel D. Ayer Clifford Grey
Lyrics © IAN WHITCOMB SONGS , Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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