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 wanna wake up with a reason to celebrate,
I wanna wake up before it's too late
I wanna hear that song on the radio
Spinning around my head like a halo
As I fade to another place where I dream while I'm still awake
I feel shame as I waste away
I sip this cheap champagne
It's just another day
Hey, old man, you used to live for the heroin
You were a shooting star leaving impressions
Now you're sitting alone in your rocking chair
Wishing you could rock it right out of there
As I fade to another place
Where I dream while I'm still awake
I feel shame as it waves away
I see think that she's still blind
It's just another day
It's hopeless, devotion, it drags me down
And weighs a thousand pounds
I'm drowning in all these lies how can this be true,
I have been denied
I'm drowning in all these lies how can this be true,
I have been denied
It's hopeless, I have been denied
It's hopeless, I have been denied
It's hopeless, I have been denied
How can this be true?
I have been denied, denied
I wanna wake up before it's too late
I wanna hear that song on the radio
Spinning around my head like a halo
As I fade to another place where I dream while I'm still awake
I feel shame as I waste away
I sip this cheap champagne
It's just another day
Hey, old man, you used to live for the heroin
You were a shooting star leaving impressions
Now you're sitting alone in your rocking chair
Wishing you could rock it right out of there
As I fade to another place
Where I dream while I'm still awake
I feel shame as it waves away
I see think that she's still blind
It's just another day
It's hopeless, devotion, it drags me down
And weighs a thousand pounds
I'm drowning in all these lies how can this be true,
I have been denied
I'm drowning in all these lies how can this be true,
I have been denied
It's hopeless, I have been denied
It's hopeless, I have been denied
It's hopeless, I have been denied
How can this be true?
I have been denied, denied
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Killing Time Lyrics as written by Trevor Fleming David Bates
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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