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.
I crave
I wake up to shadows
Touching your pillows, looking for a trace of you smile
And that's when it hit me, you're no longer with me
In fact it's been quite a while
Since I sit here drinking coffee as you sipped your tea
And you swore you'd always love and always care for me
And even though there's no more else to save
It's you I crave
I crave your touch
I crave your lips
I miss so much
The excitement of you kiss
But since your gone my heart won't behave
It's your love that I still crave
It may look like I'm happy but people who know me
Will know that I'm not doin' so well
I heard you've been dating
And though I've been waiting
I had found you and no one else (???)
And just the thought of never waking up with you again
Always turns me inside out how could we let it end
And even though there's no more else to save (to save)
It's you I crave
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
Now that I will try
Love will never die
I think of you and I
Night and day, though my mind knows
It's too late to say
Your love I crave
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
(Crave for your touch, crave for your lips, since you've been gone my heart won't behave)
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
I wake up to shadows
Touching your pillows, looking for a trace of you smile
And that's when it hit me, you're no longer with me
In fact it's been quite a while
Since I sit here drinking coffee as you sipped your tea
And you swore you'd always love and always care for me
And even though there's no more else to save
It's you I crave
I crave your touch
I crave your lips
I miss so much
The excitement of you kiss
But since your gone my heart won't behave
It's your love that I still crave
It may look like I'm happy but people who know me
Will know that I'm not doin' so well
I heard you've been dating
And though I've been waiting
I had found you and no one else (???)
And just the thought of never waking up with you again
Always turns me inside out how could we let it end
And even though there's no more else to save (to save)
It's you I crave
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
Now that I will try
Love will never die
I think of you and I
Night and day, though my mind knows
It's too late to say
Your love I crave
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
(Crave for your touch, crave for your lips, since you've been gone my heart won't behave)
I should have known
I should have seen
Because you were always there inside my every dream
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Crave Lyrics as written by Larry Louis Campbell Ii Timothy Monroe Allen
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