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.
Monday morning comes a crawling in
From another weekend choked with cigarettes and sin
I've been busy, so much lately
That every time I get some time to spend
I end up drunk or sleeping in
And I miss you, you're busy too
We call each other up, when we're messed up
And say we'll meet in the new year
But it's perfectly clear we'll do no such thing
Come the spring
When the evening casts it's shadows on the corners of my days
And I am old and I am settled in the place where I will stay
When my wandering meanderings have finally reached their end
Yeah, whatever else maybe I will not forget my friends
Friday evening barely even begins
Before my phone begins to ring with people asking where I am
And I can't suppress a smile, we talk a while
Chances are that I am far away and so I'm phased out of the plan
And that's how I miss out, on another night
The kind of night where nothing really happens
Yeah, but everything goes down
And at the end I'm just a promise to pick up the phone
When I'm in town
When the evening casts it's shadows on the corners of my days
And I am old and I am settled in the place where I will stay
When my wandering meanderings have finally reached their end
Yes, whatever else maybe may my friends remember me
From another weekend choked with cigarettes and sin
I've been busy, so much lately
That every time I get some time to spend
I end up drunk or sleeping in
And I miss you, you're busy too
We call each other up, when we're messed up
And say we'll meet in the new year
But it's perfectly clear we'll do no such thing
Come the spring
When the evening casts it's shadows on the corners of my days
And I am old and I am settled in the place where I will stay
When my wandering meanderings have finally reached their end
Yeah, whatever else maybe I will not forget my friends
Friday evening barely even begins
Before my phone begins to ring with people asking where I am
And I can't suppress a smile, we talk a while
Chances are that I am far away and so I'm phased out of the plan
And that's how I miss out, on another night
The kind of night where nothing really happens
Yeah, but everything goes down
And at the end I'm just a promise to pick up the phone
When I'm in town
When the evening casts it's shadows on the corners of my days
And I am old and I am settled in the place where I will stay
When my wandering meanderings have finally reached their end
Yes, whatever else maybe may my friends remember me
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St. Christopher Is Coming Home Lyrics as written by Francis Edward Turner
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Means quite a bit to me atm. I've just moved to uni, so it does kind of feel like I'm drifting away from my close friends. Its hard, and I really loved this song when frank played it at bristol a week or so ago.