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.
Once a label is on something
It becomes an it
Like it's no longer alive
It's like a loss of vision
Or some dark impression
Or a black spot on your eye
If it's up to you
My little sweet baboo
Through the shouting and the fever
Think of life as queer
Think of it my dear
And some knobs or a fancy tone
From here there is no reason
Baby's got it made
But it's not what the life's about
What is imagination
May become a fact
If we think of it that way
If you want to know
I can tell you now
Oh if you make it through somehow
Or is it best to keep or fall to sleep
it isn't looking very good to me
from here
Hey
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know cause I forget
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know cause I forget
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know cause I forget
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
What do, new york
Couples fight about
Brothers gonna work it out
(Baby's got the bed sheet)
How do
(That was under you)
New york
(When your time and life expires)
Couples Fight it out
What these couples fight about
(Keeps it in the closet)
What do
(Keeps it to herself)
New york
(She should throw the damn thing out)
Couples fight about
But this gonna work it out
(Why should you continue)
How do
(To shake it off)
New york
(Would you write things on the wall?)
Couples fight it out
What these couples fight about
(You could make it hard)
To be
In the shouting you will see
Or is it best to change the world you're keeping
Down again
Hey
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
Such is the sound of sorry
Without the shy report
or the grips that could hold you down
(just when things were looking up you act just like a horse's butt)
Everything was simple
but the body's worn
Got the life spread on the ground
(Powder pink and general, the kitchen sink, a funeral)
Every loving other
Don't you fade on me
Like a bomb that's about to blow
(Often we will overlook the things that make it undercooked)
We can make it hard
Or we can take the world apart
Or you'd never be that sure
Of the simple things that makes you want
To cry, again
Hey
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know, I don't want to know
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know, I don't want to know
It becomes an it
Like it's no longer alive
It's like a loss of vision
Or some dark impression
Or a black spot on your eye
If it's up to you
My little sweet baboo
Through the shouting and the fever
Think of life as queer
Think of it my dear
And some knobs or a fancy tone
From here there is no reason
Baby's got it made
But it's not what the life's about
What is imagination
May become a fact
If we think of it that way
If you want to know
I can tell you now
Oh if you make it through somehow
Or is it best to keep or fall to sleep
it isn't looking very good to me
from here
Hey
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know cause I forget
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know cause I forget
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know cause I forget
He's distressed and I forget
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
I don't want to know
What do, new york
Couples fight about
Brothers gonna work it out
(Baby's got the bed sheet)
How do
(That was under you)
New york
(When your time and life expires)
Couples Fight it out
What these couples fight about
(Keeps it in the closet)
What do
(Keeps it to herself)
New york
(She should throw the damn thing out)
Couples fight about
But this gonna work it out
(Why should you continue)
How do
(To shake it off)
New york
(Would you write things on the wall?)
Couples fight it out
What these couples fight about
(You could make it hard)
To be
In the shouting you will see
Or is it best to change the world you're keeping
Down again
Hey
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
Such is the sound of sorry
Without the shy report
or the grips that could hold you down
(just when things were looking up you act just like a horse's butt)
Everything was simple
but the body's worn
Got the life spread on the ground
(Powder pink and general, the kitchen sink, a funeral)
Every loving other
Don't you fade on me
Like a bomb that's about to blow
(Often we will overlook the things that make it undercooked)
We can make it hard
Or we can take the world apart
Or you'd never be that sure
Of the simple things that makes you want
To cry, again
Hey
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know, I don't want to know
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know 'cause I forget
He's distressed
And I forget
I don't want to know, I don't want to know
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What New York Couples Fight About Lyrics as written by Paul David Godfrey Kurt F Wagner
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, SCHUBERT MUSIC PUBLISHING INC.
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