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.
I'm a pale imitator of a boy in the sky,
With a cap in his head and a knot in his tie.
I'm the light in the mall when the power is gone,
A shadow in a corner, just playin' along!
I'm gonna lay in my bed, I'm rolling aside,
But if a get a car- A moment to ride.
Because I know if I ever tear living with you
You've got a holding chainAnd you don't know what to do!
You'd stop!
You wanna do it but you don't know what you doin' baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You wanna feel it, but you don't know what you're feeling tonight!
And if you're thinking, and I don't know what you're thinking baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You go on thinking and you gonna make it alright!
I'm impregnable, incredible, the setting of quoI'm a late Jimi writer, not a heart and soul.
Got Saturday night, enough's been said.
If I ever had to do it, well, you know I wouldn't care.
I'd just get down, I'm loving the feat, and if I wanna talk back, the message is free!
I never found a ray and...And if you can't partake, you get 'em alive.
You get a heart--ache..
You wanna do it but you don't know what you doin' baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You wanna feel it, but you don't know what you're feeling tonight!
And if you're thinking, and I don't know what you're thinking baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You go on thinking and you gonna make it alright!
Every time we try, we get nowhere!
But wouldn't it be nice if we were just normal people, yeah.
Trying so hard to act like we don't care...
But it's true, you do, nothing is left,
So I guess I'm right!
New word, onomatopoeia... boom! Quit acting like you don't wanna be here.
Fuck around and get jumped like leap year.
Glock and a glove make you really wanna leave me a...lone, get off, go'n, go'n.
OK, OK, OK back to the happy zone,
Rap ain't nuttin' but the art talking ish.
My girl look pretty up there, ridin' it.
My plaid pants, my solid future, Asinine ass, and a gorgeous coochie.
I'm an outcast, but you're into me. Summer got mad cause Winter blew me.
That juicy fruit, that shplooshy-shploosh. Generation X on bloop de bloop!
Get duked out, or get duked-duked.
Er'rybody hit the floor, we through the roof, Ha!
Like a chimney, I commend me. How come it be, some lame, man,
Nigga talkin' 'bout "Aww, he don't rap enough"
But y'all rap a lot and I'm like "Wrap it up, hoe"
Ye ain' Scarface, ye ain' Willie D, Ye ain' Bushwick, ye ain' killin' me.
Better play wit' yo ma'fuckin' mama, Bet you still stay wi' yo ma'fuckin' mama.
Keep sleeping on me, I'mma rock my pajamas!
In the daytime I swear, I promise.
Dare a nigger say som', tear a nigga face off. How come blacks don't play baseball?
Y'all white, know y'all can taste all this fly shit! I stay finna take off.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Ye ain't fresh squeezed juice, nigga, you that Tang!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
But is ya really Slick Rick? No you Dana Dane!
Bet it up, head erupts, A lava language, and the vocals volcanic.
If it ain't fix, don't broke it, don't panic,
If it ain't this, it ain't shit, goddammit,
If it ain't this, it ain't dope, it don't flush,
If it ain't hip, it don't hop, well then hush.
Man, they sound like! Man, they stole yo! Man, they look like-! Nope it ain't us.
Ah, Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang,
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Is ya really Slick Rick? No you Dana Dane!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!
Ye ain't fresh squeezed juice, nigga, you that Tang!
Every time we try, we get nowhere.
But wouldn't it be nice if we were just normal people, yeah.
Trying so hard to act like we don't care (I don't care)
But it's true, you do, nothing is left.
So I guess I'm right!
Flip the page, our days are revelations (Hiiide!)
Space is strange, doctor, I've got no patience!
Oh, it's all a part of the process (Okay, okay)
Nothin's new, it's true, cool, I admit, shit, I guess you're right!
With a cap in his head and a knot in his tie.
I'm the light in the mall when the power is gone,
A shadow in a corner, just playin' along!
I'm gonna lay in my bed, I'm rolling aside,
But if a get a car- A moment to ride.
Because I know if I ever tear living with you
You've got a holding chainAnd you don't know what to do!
You'd stop!
You wanna do it but you don't know what you doin' baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You wanna feel it, but you don't know what you're feeling tonight!
And if you're thinking, and I don't know what you're thinking baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You go on thinking and you gonna make it alright!
I'm impregnable, incredible, the setting of quoI'm a late Jimi writer, not a heart and soul.
Got Saturday night, enough's been said.
If I ever had to do it, well, you know I wouldn't care.
I'd just get down, I'm loving the feat, and if I wanna talk back, the message is free!
I never found a ray and...And if you can't partake, you get 'em alive.
You get a heart--ache..
You wanna do it but you don't know what you doin' baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You wanna feel it, but you don't know what you're feeling tonight!
And if you're thinking, and I don't know what you're thinking baby! A-a-a-a-aha!
You go on thinking and you gonna make it alright!
Every time we try, we get nowhere!
But wouldn't it be nice if we were just normal people, yeah.
Trying so hard to act like we don't care...
But it's true, you do, nothing is left,
So I guess I'm right!
New word, onomatopoeia... boom! Quit acting like you don't wanna be here.
Fuck around and get jumped like leap year.
Glock and a glove make you really wanna leave me a...lone, get off, go'n, go'n.
OK, OK, OK back to the happy zone,
Rap ain't nuttin' but the art talking ish.
My girl look pretty up there, ridin' it.
My plaid pants, my solid future, Asinine ass, and a gorgeous coochie.
I'm an outcast, but you're into me. Summer got mad cause Winter blew me.
That juicy fruit, that shplooshy-shploosh. Generation X on bloop de bloop!
Get duked out, or get duked-duked.
Er'rybody hit the floor, we through the roof, Ha!
Like a chimney, I commend me. How come it be, some lame, man,
Nigga talkin' 'bout "Aww, he don't rap enough"
But y'all rap a lot and I'm like "Wrap it up, hoe"
Ye ain' Scarface, ye ain' Willie D, Ye ain' Bushwick, ye ain' killin' me.
Better play wit' yo ma'fuckin' mama, Bet you still stay wi' yo ma'fuckin' mama.
Keep sleeping on me, I'mma rock my pajamas!
In the daytime I swear, I promise.
Dare a nigger say som', tear a nigga face off. How come blacks don't play baseball?
Y'all white, know y'all can taste all this fly shit! I stay finna take off.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Ye ain't fresh squeezed juice, nigga, you that Tang!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
But is ya really Slick Rick? No you Dana Dane!
Bet it up, head erupts, A lava language, and the vocals volcanic.
If it ain't fix, don't broke it, don't panic,
If it ain't this, it ain't shit, goddammit,
If it ain't this, it ain't dope, it don't flush,
If it ain't hip, it don't hop, well then hush.
Man, they sound like! Man, they stole yo! Man, they look like-! Nope it ain't us.
Ah, Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang,
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang.
Is ya really Slick Rick? No you Dana Dane!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!
Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!Do ya damn thang, do ya thang-a-thang!
Ye ain't fresh squeezed juice, nigga, you that Tang!
Every time we try, we get nowhere.
But wouldn't it be nice if we were just normal people, yeah.
Trying so hard to act like we don't care (I don't care)
But it's true, you do, nothing is left.
So I guess I'm right!
Flip the page, our days are revelations (Hiiide!)
Space is strange, doctor, I've got no patience!
Oh, it's all a part of the process (Okay, okay)
Nothin's new, it's true, cool, I admit, shit, I guess you're right!
Lyrics submitted by yamsrock
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I was just reading the comments and it kinda seems like hardly anyone can understand the meaning for "I'm a light in the mall when the power is gone, a shadow in the corner, just playin' along!" I've been thinking about that line for weeks and I just wanted to share my opinion. I personally see that line as someone saying they are the last resort to a fun time (if that makes sense.) "I'm the light in the mall when the power is gone" Kinda meaning "I'm the last resort for a good time when all the other ones are gone. "A shadow in the corner, just playin' along" also tying into the other as of someone was saying "When the first resort for the good time is back, I am no longer needed and pushed aside where I can be by my self once again." ...or something. I find that this song holds such a deep meaning that what it appears to be, nothing but pure genius... once again, just my opinion.