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.
Thought I knew will and self
Thought I could tame the rest of me
Then you waltzed onto the floor
Danced to your own beat
Am I losing control?
Make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I moving your soul?
You are the breath I hold
To every risk that I want to take
The way you spin around
Deadened every other sound
Am I losing control?
You make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I moving your soul?
I want out of control
Make me want you here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I losing my soul?
I want out, I want out of control
Want it all mind body and soul
Here and now more than you’ll ever know
Am I losing control?
Make me want this here so much more
Am I losing my soul?
Am I losing control?
Make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I moving your soul?
I want out of control
Make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I losing my soul?
Thought I could tame the rest of me
Then you waltzed onto the floor
Danced to your own beat
Am I losing control?
Make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I moving your soul?
You are the breath I hold
To every risk that I want to take
The way you spin around
Deadened every other sound
Am I losing control?
You make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I moving your soul?
I want out of control
Make me want you here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I losing my soul?
I want out, I want out of control
Want it all mind body and soul
Here and now more than you’ll ever know
Am I losing control?
Make me want this here so much more
Am I losing my soul?
Am I losing control?
Make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I moving your soul?
I want out of control
Make me want this here so much more
It's in the way you move
Am I losing my soul?
Lyrics submitted by Skoobasteve24
Orpheum Lyrics as written by Deon Rexroat Christian Edwin Mcalhaney
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, O/B/O DistroKid
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