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.
C'est le malaise do moment
L'épidémie qui s'étend,
La fête est finie, on descend
Les pensées qui glacent la raison
Paupières baissées, visages gris
Surgissent les fantômes de notre lit
On ouvre le loquet de la grille
Du taudis qu'on appelle maison
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Sommes-nous les jouets du destin
Souviens-toi des moments divins
Planant, éclatés au matin
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls
Perdus les rêves de s'aimer
Le temps où on avait rien fait
Il nous reste toute une vie pour pleurer
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi de mes désirs
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi
L'épidémie qui s'étend,
La fête est finie, on descend
Les pensées qui glacent la raison
Paupières baissées, visages gris
Surgissent les fantômes de notre lit
On ouvre le loquet de la grille
Du taudis qu'on appelle maison
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Sommes-nous les jouets du destin
Souviens-toi des moments divins
Planant, éclatés au matin
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls
Perdus les rêves de s'aimer
Le temps où on avait rien fait
Il nous reste toute une vie pour pleurer
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi de mes désirs
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me
Protège-moi
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