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.
Did you say that I've got a lot to learn Well don't think
I'm trying not to learn Since this is the perfect spot to learn
Teach me tonight
Starting with the ABC of it
Getting right down to the XYZ of it
Me solve the mystery of it Teach me tonight
The sky's a blackboard high above you
And if a shooting star goes by I'll use that star to write
"I love you" A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn't very clear my love
Teachers shouldn't stand so near my love
Graduation's almost here my love
You'd better teach me tonight
I've played loves scenes in a flick or two
And I've also met a chick or two
But I still can learn a trick or two
Hey teach me tonight I who thought I knew the score of it
Kind of think I should know much more of it
Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it
Hey teach me tonight
The midnight hours come slowly creeping
When there's no one there but you
There must be more to life than sleeping
Single in a bed for two What I need most is post graduate
What I feel is hard to articulate If you want me to matriculate
You'd better teach me tonight What do you get for lessons
Teach me
Come on and teach me
Teach me tonight
I'm trying not to learn Since this is the perfect spot to learn
Teach me tonight
Starting with the ABC of it
Getting right down to the XYZ of it
Me solve the mystery of it Teach me tonight
The sky's a blackboard high above you
And if a shooting star goes by I'll use that star to write
"I love you" A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn't very clear my love
Teachers shouldn't stand so near my love
Graduation's almost here my love
You'd better teach me tonight
I've played loves scenes in a flick or two
And I've also met a chick or two
But I still can learn a trick or two
Hey teach me tonight I who thought I knew the score of it
Kind of think I should know much more of it
Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it
Hey teach me tonight
The midnight hours come slowly creeping
When there's no one there but you
There must be more to life than sleeping
Single in a bed for two What I need most is post graduate
What I feel is hard to articulate If you want me to matriculate
You'd better teach me tonight What do you get for lessons
Teach me
Come on and teach me
Teach me tonight
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Teach Me Tonight Lyrics as written by Gene De Paul Sammy Cahn
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