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.
It’s a beautiful twilight.
It’s a beautiful moon.
It’s a beautiful shade of blue that you paint the picture,
and I am the canvases only blemish right now,
but you hold the paintbrush and I’ll hold your hand
and we’ll paint stories.
It’s a beautiful skyline.
It’s a beautiful day.
It’s a beautiful shade of grey that softens the picture
that tugs at our heartstrings making different sounds all the time,
cause you are the kitten and I am the shoe.
Together we’re just too damn cute.
So silly to focus on the beauty when all we are is money
and all we want is hope that summer sheds light on a new morning
and puts this storm to rest.
Still, it’s a beautiful life.
It’s a beautiful world.
It’s a beautiful shade of pearl that reflects off the surface
of your frontal lobe when you’ve been thinking up a storm,
and I’m but an echo of answers replied.
My presence almost absorbs light.
It’s not alarming the way that you feel.
It’s not alarming no one said that it would be.
It’s not alarming when you say that you feel
the answer’s always love, love, love…
It’s a beautiful moon.
It’s a beautiful shade of blue that you paint the picture,
and I am the canvases only blemish right now,
but you hold the paintbrush and I’ll hold your hand
and we’ll paint stories.
It’s a beautiful skyline.
It’s a beautiful day.
It’s a beautiful shade of grey that softens the picture
that tugs at our heartstrings making different sounds all the time,
cause you are the kitten and I am the shoe.
Together we’re just too damn cute.
So silly to focus on the beauty when all we are is money
and all we want is hope that summer sheds light on a new morning
and puts this storm to rest.
Still, it’s a beautiful life.
It’s a beautiful world.
It’s a beautiful shade of pearl that reflects off the surface
of your frontal lobe when you’ve been thinking up a storm,
and I’m but an echo of answers replied.
My presence almost absorbs light.
It’s not alarming the way that you feel.
It’s not alarming no one said that it would be.
It’s not alarming when you say that you feel
the answer’s always love, love, love…
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