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 don't know who you are
But now somehow you're breaking my heart
And I don't know where you are, are
But like a drug lift me up to the stars
It's why I'm feeling alive, it's the first time
Here's hoping this day won't end
I don't know, now, what to do, I don't care
I need 10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
I don't know what you are
But one look and I'm hooked from the start
Now I'm falling apart
That's what you get for falling in love
Tonight I'd look in her eyes for the first time
Here's hoping this pain will end
I don't know, now, what to do, I don't care
I need 10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
If you want to then you've got to
It's what you live for, it's what you live for
So what you lived for it, would you die for it?
I'm alive for 10 more minutes, oh
If you want to then you got to
10 more minutes with you
If you want to then you got to
10 more minutes with you
If you want to, now you got it all
10 more minutes with you
But now somehow you're breaking my heart
And I don't know where you are, are
But like a drug lift me up to the stars
It's why I'm feeling alive, it's the first time
Here's hoping this day won't end
I don't know, now, what to do, I don't care
I need 10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
I don't know what you are
But one look and I'm hooked from the start
Now I'm falling apart
That's what you get for falling in love
Tonight I'd look in her eyes for the first time
Here's hoping this pain will end
I don't know, now, what to do, I don't care
I need 10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
10 more minutes with you
If you want to then you've got to
It's what you live for, it's what you live for
So what you lived for it, would you die for it?
I'm alive for 10 more minutes, oh
If you want to then you got to
10 more minutes with you
If you want to then you got to
10 more minutes with you
If you want to, now you got it all
10 more minutes with you
Lyrics submitted by chitownchick
10 More Minutes With You Lyrics as written by Matthew Devine
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and i don't know who you are but like a bird lift me up to the stars now i'm feeling alive for the first time here's hoping this day won't end
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now i am gonna explode for the first time here's hoping this pain will end
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And by the way...Does anyone pick up on the slighly British sounding accent of some of Matt's words, Specificly "care"?
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