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.
In the same way you can never reach your destination
you can never know everything.
There will always be mystery in restoration
and in the way light appears and the way it changes.
And it's the way we fight that's really amazing
and it's the way memory doesn't exist
without a thought of greener things.
In the time just before you close your eyes
the suns spin as they rise
and they turn me wild.
And every wish that I waste through the windows will wake
and stare
out at the nothing that's beneath them.
It'll be amazing.
And it's the same thing that prevents you from getting to where you go,
that'll take from you everything you know.
It's a puppet string that's tangled and it's tied
And you think it holds you fast to the path it finds.
But it's not like that.
We all walk the same track.
So take your mind off that map
and take all the time you have
to take what you think you need so bad
and to hide from the things that chase you in your head.
It'll be amazing.
you can never know everything.
There will always be mystery in restoration
and in the way light appears and the way it changes.
And it's the way we fight that's really amazing
and it's the way memory doesn't exist
without a thought of greener things.
In the time just before you close your eyes
the suns spin as they rise
and they turn me wild.
And every wish that I waste through the windows will wake
and stare
out at the nothing that's beneath them.
It'll be amazing.
And it's the same thing that prevents you from getting to where you go,
that'll take from you everything you know.
It's a puppet string that's tangled and it's tied
And you think it holds you fast to the path it finds.
But it's not like that.
We all walk the same track.
So take your mind off that map
and take all the time you have
to take what you think you need so bad
and to hide from the things that chase you in your head.
It'll be amazing.
Lyrics submitted by thekingkrlx
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