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.
Watch baby, watch baby
I got it like that
Watch baby, watch baby
So I got it like that, I got it like that
Suggestions, questions people want to know
Is there life after talk 'cause there's talk on the road
Twistin' words that I've never even said
To the ones that I trust or my boo in our bed
Will he make it
Man I bet he won't
As they're runnin' through the minutes
On their cell phones so the pictures painted
You got the point and that junk's creepin' into my solo joint
Sometimes I feel God in the middle of the night
In the cool of the shade in the bright sunlight
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that, I got it like that
It's no joke, I've been roped in chokin' on a bone
From a fish in the school of your twilight zone
You shook me, took me to me to another place
Where the air I'm breathing is like mace in my face
If this controversy is your way
You need to know I'll never doubt my destiny
'Cause I'm stickin' to my guns like a Son of the Light
Feelin' Dad, I'm feelin' Daddy in the air tonight
Sometimes I feel Grace in the middle of the night
In the cool of the shade in the bright sunlight
Sometimes I feel God in the midst of a show
As the palm trees sway in an afterglow
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
Like that
Toby Mac
Sometimes I feel Grace in the middle of the night
Toby Mac
Sometimes I feel God in the middle of the night
Toby Mac
Sometimes I feel God, sometimes I feel Grace
Sometimes I feel God in the middle of the night
In the middle of the day, in the middle of the night
Toby Mac
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
I got it like that
Watch baby, watch baby
So I got it like that, I got it like that
Suggestions, questions people want to know
Is there life after talk 'cause there's talk on the road
Twistin' words that I've never even said
To the ones that I trust or my boo in our bed
Will he make it
Man I bet he won't
As they're runnin' through the minutes
On their cell phones so the pictures painted
You got the point and that junk's creepin' into my solo joint
Sometimes I feel God in the middle of the night
In the cool of the shade in the bright sunlight
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that, I got it like that
It's no joke, I've been roped in chokin' on a bone
From a fish in the school of your twilight zone
You shook me, took me to me to another place
Where the air I'm breathing is like mace in my face
If this controversy is your way
You need to know I'll never doubt my destiny
'Cause I'm stickin' to my guns like a Son of the Light
Feelin' Dad, I'm feelin' Daddy in the air tonight
Sometimes I feel Grace in the middle of the night
In the cool of the shade in the bright sunlight
Sometimes I feel God in the midst of a show
As the palm trees sway in an afterglow
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
Like that
Toby Mac
Sometimes I feel Grace in the middle of the night
Toby Mac
Sometimes I feel God in the middle of the night
Toby Mac
Sometimes I feel God, sometimes I feel Grace
Sometimes I feel God in the middle of the night
In the middle of the day, in the middle of the night
Toby Mac
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Watch baby, watch baby, He got my back
See I'm down with the King
So I got it like that
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Somebody's Watching Lyrics as written by Michael Taylor Toby Mckeehan Rockwell
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