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.
YA mnogo let pidzhak noshu.
Davno potersya i ne nov on.
I ya zovu k sebe portnogo
I pereshitʹ pidzhak proshu.
YA govoryu yemu shutya:
“Perekroite vse inache.
Sulit mne novyye udachi
Iskusstvo kroyki i shitʹya”.
YA poshutil. A on pidzhak
Serʹyezno tak pereshivayet,
A sam-to vse perezhivayet:
Vdrug chto ne tak. Takoy chudak.
Odna zabota nayavu
V yego userdʹye molchalivom,
Chtoby ya vyglyadel schastlivym
V tom pidzhake. Poka zhivu.
On predstavlyayet eto tak:
Yedva lishʹ ya pidzhak primeryu–
Opyatʹ v tvoyu lyubovʹ poveryu…
Kak by ne tak. Takoy chudak.
Davno potersya i ne nov on.
I ya zovu k sebe portnogo
I pereshitʹ pidzhak proshu.
YA govoryu yemu shutya:
“Perekroite vse inache.
Sulit mne novyye udachi
Iskusstvo kroyki i shitʹya”.
YA poshutil. A on pidzhak
Serʹyezno tak pereshivayet,
A sam-to vse perezhivayet:
Vdrug chto ne tak. Takoy chudak.
Odna zabota nayavu
V yego userdʹye molchalivom,
Chtoby ya vyglyadel schastlivym
V tom pidzhake. Poka zhivu.
On predstavlyayet eto tak:
Yedva lishʹ ya pidzhak primeryu–
Opyatʹ v tvoyu lyubovʹ poveryu…
Kak by ne tak. Takoy chudak.
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by mister care-too-much
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