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.
The things you make me do (ooh, oh babe, oh darling, oh no)
The things you make me do
The things you make me do
The things you make me do
I think every part of me, is addicted to your touch
Cause everything I got inside of me, got me needin' you so much
[Pre Chorus]
Got me open, got me coastin', got me floatin' babe
Got me jonesin', got me zonin', got me coin' craze
Boy, I'm shakin', body achin', got me waitin' babe
These are all the things, the things you make me do
[Chorus:]
I'll be your wife, I'll be the air you breathe
I'll be your drug, do anything to me
I'll wash your dishes, blowin' kisses in the bubbles babe
I'll be your bad girl that loves to get in trouble, babe
I'll be your wife, I'll be the air you breathe
I'll be your drug, do anything to me
Take you shoppin' for some [? ] buy you'll jewelry babe
And all my friends they think I'm crazy, the things you make me do
Voice soft, the crazy hoarse, (can't get on the floor?)
Private performance, I'm beggin', beggin' for more
You're so naughty and nice, you're so naughty and nice
Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase it
[Pre Chorus:]
[Chorus:]
It's like your a fairy take, almost too good to be true
Cause even when I go to sleep at night, my body still be dreamin' you,
Hey, yeah
[Pre Chorus:]
[Chorus:]
I'm crazy babe, they think I'm crazy babe,
(You're so naughty and nice, you're so naughty and nice)
(They think I'm crazy)
Ohh, ohh
(Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase it)
Hey, They don't know what you to do me babe
(ohh, ohh babe)
They don't know what you do to me babe, they don't know what you do to me babe
Hey babe, hey babe
The things you make me do
The things you make me do
The things you make me do
I think every part of me, is addicted to your touch
Cause everything I got inside of me, got me needin' you so much
[Pre Chorus]
Got me open, got me coastin', got me floatin' babe
Got me jonesin', got me zonin', got me coin' craze
Boy, I'm shakin', body achin', got me waitin' babe
These are all the things, the things you make me do
[Chorus:]
I'll be your wife, I'll be the air you breathe
I'll be your drug, do anything to me
I'll wash your dishes, blowin' kisses in the bubbles babe
I'll be your bad girl that loves to get in trouble, babe
I'll be your wife, I'll be the air you breathe
I'll be your drug, do anything to me
Take you shoppin' for some [? ] buy you'll jewelry babe
And all my friends they think I'm crazy, the things you make me do
Voice soft, the crazy hoarse, (can't get on the floor?)
Private performance, I'm beggin', beggin' for more
You're so naughty and nice, you're so naughty and nice
Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase it
[Pre Chorus:]
[Chorus:]
It's like your a fairy take, almost too good to be true
Cause even when I go to sleep at night, my body still be dreamin' you,
Hey, yeah
[Pre Chorus:]
[Chorus:]
I'm crazy babe, they think I'm crazy babe,
(You're so naughty and nice, you're so naughty and nice)
(They think I'm crazy)
Ohh, ohh
(Run Ashanti, run, you know I wanna chase it)
Hey, They don't know what you to do me babe
(ohh, ohh babe)
They don't know what you do to me babe, they don't know what you do to me babe
Hey babe, hey babe
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Things You Make Me Do Lyrics as written by Ashanti Gabriel Aminov
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