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.
This starts with us collapsed in a club
Rifling through the things that we knew
Could swear I recognised you from before
From back home, from somewhere, I don’t know
Then in the car behind your old house
No king in the castle, devil find out
You start the engine, I’ll start my legs
Off with their heads, and off with their heads
It's so cold
I can see your breath for miles
It's so cold
Now our severed tongues are tied in knots
Sharpened up with fine words and their plot
Reasons that will always be a-speak
And Halloween or Hogmanay
Or Christmas eve, or New Year's Day
The cadence of a pair of feet
The clicking of a cavalry
Across the hall, across the hall
It's so cold
I can see your breath for miles
It's so cold
Rifling through the things that we knew
Could swear I recognised you from before
From back home, from somewhere, I don’t know
Then in the car behind your old house
No king in the castle, devil find out
You start the engine, I’ll start my legs
Off with their heads, and off with their heads
It's so cold
I can see your breath for miles
It's so cold
Now our severed tongues are tied in knots
Sharpened up with fine words and their plot
Reasons that will always be a-speak
And Halloween or Hogmanay
Or Christmas eve, or New Year's Day
The cadence of a pair of feet
The clicking of a cavalry
Across the hall, across the hall
It's so cold
I can see your breath for miles
It's so cold
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