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.
Something I always wanted to take what you give.
A hard metal hammered to a shape that you fit.
When I beat up miss fortune told her to get out.
I sold the last things on E Bay I was without doubt.
Caught between that hard place,In over my head.
Chewing something in a trap, quicksand in my bed.
Necessary Evil two arms, two legs
Present and counted walking on eggs
Necessary Evil now don't dissapper
Got a whiplash for a memory I'm staying here.
When love takes you prisioner there is no escape
But the secret ingriedient is a knife in the cake
Some crime of wisdom put the light in my eyes oh
You could find me baby under the bridge of sighs
And I'm caught between that hard place in over my head
Chewing of something in the trap quicksand in my bed oh
Necessary evil nerves on a edge
Necessary evil powder in a cake
Necessary evil you come you go
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
Sex in a can love in a jar
Airtight container just like a whore
Kept in a vacuum born in a phal
Your artificial climate keeping you warm
A germ free bubble no bugs allowed
Listen for the hum and cryin out loud
Crying
Crying
Oh
Necessary evil two arms two legs
All present all counted walking on eggs
Necessary evil you come and you go
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
A hard metal hammered to a shape that you fit.
When I beat up miss fortune told her to get out.
I sold the last things on E Bay I was without doubt.
Caught between that hard place,In over my head.
Chewing something in a trap, quicksand in my bed.
Necessary Evil two arms, two legs
Present and counted walking on eggs
Necessary Evil now don't dissapper
Got a whiplash for a memory I'm staying here.
When love takes you prisioner there is no escape
But the secret ingriedient is a knife in the cake
Some crime of wisdom put the light in my eyes oh
You could find me baby under the bridge of sighs
And I'm caught between that hard place in over my head
Chewing of something in the trap quicksand in my bed oh
Necessary evil nerves on a edge
Necessary evil powder in a cake
Necessary evil you come you go
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
Sex in a can love in a jar
Airtight container just like a whore
Kept in a vacuum born in a phal
Your artificial climate keeping you warm
A germ free bubble no bugs allowed
Listen for the hum and cryin out loud
Crying
Crying
Oh
Necessary evil two arms two legs
All present all counted walking on eggs
Necessary evil you come and you go
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
Necessary evil oh yes oh no
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