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.
She's let her hair grow, she's got it curled
And she can smile like she'll never smile again
And I could feel it I let it go
She's got her heart her fears are spinning round
What she saw was nothing
But averted eyes, that's something
She's got a mirror, a window pane
The mirror tells her nothing's ever gonna change
She got a phone call, a movie role
She turned it down, sounded kind of proud
Got a feeling the answer's gonna be there
She's 35 now and three foot eight
There hasn't been much call for dwarves her age of late
It's out of focus and kind of strange
The point with dwarves no one ever knows them
Dwarf dwarf on dwarf I've never seen it before
I feel like snow white without the waist
A damaged life out of damaged merchandise
It's just this engine she calls a heart
Just one owner no one's ever held on
And she can smile like she'll never smile again
And I could feel it I let it go
She's got her heart her fears are spinning round
What she saw was nothing
But averted eyes, that's something
She's got a mirror, a window pane
The mirror tells her nothing's ever gonna change
She got a phone call, a movie role
She turned it down, sounded kind of proud
Got a feeling the answer's gonna be there
She's 35 now and three foot eight
There hasn't been much call for dwarves her age of late
It's out of focus and kind of strange
The point with dwarves no one ever knows them
Dwarf dwarf on dwarf I've never seen it before
I feel like snow white without the waist
A damaged life out of damaged merchandise
It's just this engine she calls a heart
Just one owner no one's ever held on
Lyrics submitted by blood is thin
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