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.
Had a bad dream
Had a bad dream in the cold cold night
Had a bad dream
Darling it came to me in the cold cold night
I dreamed I looked for you but you were gone
You were a shadow fading in the dawn
And there was nothing but the memory to linger on
I had been searching
Searching for my destiny
High and mighty
Way above the clouds to find the soul in me
While you were stuck here with your ball and your chain
I was too far away to ease your pain
And all you wanted was to feel you were alive again
So let me hold you
Let me hold you like it used to be
Let me tear down
Everything that's separating you and me
For I was blinded but now I can see
The price you have paid for loving me
And there is nothing I won't do to try to set you free
For in the end
In the end it's just the two of us
In the end
Darling there is nothing but the two of us
When all the passing ships have come and gone
There'll be nobody else to lean upon
And in the end it's up to you and me to carry on.
it's up to you and me to carry on
There'll be nobody else to lean upon.
Had a bad dream in the cold cold night
Had a bad dream
Darling it came to me in the cold cold night
I dreamed I looked for you but you were gone
You were a shadow fading in the dawn
And there was nothing but the memory to linger on
I had been searching
Searching for my destiny
High and mighty
Way above the clouds to find the soul in me
While you were stuck here with your ball and your chain
I was too far away to ease your pain
And all you wanted was to feel you were alive again
So let me hold you
Let me hold you like it used to be
Let me tear down
Everything that's separating you and me
For I was blinded but now I can see
The price you have paid for loving me
And there is nothing I won't do to try to set you free
For in the end
In the end it's just the two of us
In the end
Darling there is nothing but the two of us
When all the passing ships have come and gone
There'll be nobody else to lean upon
And in the end it's up to you and me to carry on.
it's up to you and me to carry on
There'll be nobody else to lean upon.
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Cold Cold Night Lyrics as written by Paul Brady
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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