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.
Everyone from home says that you’re so cool
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
L-Let’s do drugs
Make love with our teachers
Come on, baby, tell me,
What is tattooed as featured.
I’m a fan of Pro Ana nation
I do them drugs to stop the f-food cravings
If you wanna get high with me, I’m in the back
Doing crack, drinking P-P-Pepsi
Everyone from home says that you’re so cool
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
Cheap trailer trash and everyone knows it
But she got a great ass and she knows how to show it
With american flags on each little finger
You’re crashing on Wall Street while I’m blowing up as a singer
If you wanna get that scholarship
Love's not a problem, let’s solve it
Educated in the language of doing-it
Get down like your tutor taught you to and do it
Everyone from home says that you’re so cool
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
If you wanna get that sugar cane
If you wanna be that pin up queen, you can you can
If you wanna do that South Beach swing
Or go on group vacationing, you can you can
When they said prolific, they weren't kidding
You thought that I was just a calendar kitten
But now you heard me purring, tiger you’re smitten
So let’s begin to major in the art of sinning
Everyone from home says that you’re so cool
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
L-Let’s do drugs
Make love with our teachers
Come on, baby, tell me,
What is tattooed as featured.
I’m a fan of Pro Ana nation
I do them drugs to stop the f-food cravings
If you wanna get high with me, I’m in the back
Doing crack, drinking P-P-Pepsi
Everyone from home says that you’re so cool
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
Cheap trailer trash and everyone knows it
But she got a great ass and she knows how to show it
With american flags on each little finger
You’re crashing on Wall Street while I’m blowing up as a singer
If you wanna get that scholarship
Love's not a problem, let’s solve it
Educated in the language of doing-it
Get down like your tutor taught you to and do it
Everyone from home says that you’re so cool
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
If you wanna get that sugar cane
If you wanna be that pin up queen, you can you can
If you wanna do that South Beach swing
Or go on group vacationing, you can you can
When they said prolific, they weren't kidding
You thought that I was just a calendar kitten
But now you heard me purring, tiger you’re smitten
So let’s begin to major in the art of sinning
Everyone from home says that you’re so cool
Come on everybody to the boarding school
Everyone from town says that you’re so cool
Come on get down to the boarding school
Lyrics submitted by iholdher, edited by HoneyBeBad, SpinoJB
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oh my god, this is the first time i've read this song, i cant wait to listen it.
lol the "read it" part made laugh