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.
Wake up on the floor like you did before
And you don't know what today is
So you shut out the sun until the day is done
But you can't run away from it
You must've done it all this time
And nothing's really changed
You pushed reality away
And still wake up to find
It wasn't all in your mind
And it's always the same
Another bad movie now
You'll go crawling back again, oh
Like a moth to the flame
Take it to the edge, stumble on the ledge
You're a candle that has to burn
'cause you bought the dream
And from the way that it seems
You're living in that other world
Where everything is beutiful
And someone else will pay
But you won't find an answer there
'cause the question still remains
You better hear what I say
Do you feel like the rain ?
Always coming down now
Don't you tell me it's a game
'cause I don't believe it
You're a moth to the flame
(SOLO)
Where everything is beutiful
And someone else will pay
But you won't find an answer there
'cause the question still remains
You better hear what I say
And it's always the same
Another bad movie now
You'll go crawling back again, oh
Like a moth to the flame
Don't you tell me it's a game
'cause I don't believe it
You're a moth to the flame
And you don't know what today is
So you shut out the sun until the day is done
But you can't run away from it
You must've done it all this time
And nothing's really changed
You pushed reality away
And still wake up to find
It wasn't all in your mind
And it's always the same
Another bad movie now
You'll go crawling back again, oh
Like a moth to the flame
Take it to the edge, stumble on the ledge
You're a candle that has to burn
'cause you bought the dream
And from the way that it seems
You're living in that other world
Where everything is beutiful
And someone else will pay
But you won't find an answer there
'cause the question still remains
You better hear what I say
Do you feel like the rain ?
Always coming down now
Don't you tell me it's a game
'cause I don't believe it
You're a moth to the flame
(SOLO)
Where everything is beutiful
And someone else will pay
But you won't find an answer there
'cause the question still remains
You better hear what I say
And it's always the same
Another bad movie now
You'll go crawling back again, oh
Like a moth to the flame
Don't you tell me it's a game
'cause I don't believe it
You're a moth to the flame
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Moth to the Flame Lyrics as written by Luke Morley Andy Charles Taylor
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Fintage House Publishing
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