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.
My girl is a delicate flower, a super-hero
Being a single mom helped her develop the powers
We stay up to a elegant hour talking the hell and the sour
Reaching out to god cause the devil a coward
But he still sits on my shoulder and whispers
It feels like my shoulder gets colder the more that I listen
And now it seems like she ready to leave
We stay to beef the main reason my desire to spreading my seed
I try to tell her I'm just a man
She said "no, you're wrong, cause you're way more than that
You need to cut the scheme
You're not fooling me, this lunacy
Them excuses might be new to the birds, but they ain't new to me."
Yo, I hate when the fit is proun, is like
Everytime I pick up the phone you bitch moan, whoa
I'm like why you stressing for, press to the norm
Make me wanna never get involved
I need to rip these benefits
Uh, you so sensitive
I say serve this rarity
She say I deserve your loyalty
Girls have feelings
Men lie out of fear but we front like we're not afraid
Whether arguing or not, the bills gotta get paid
We are not in 6th grade, we're fighting and people watching
On tweeter she emo-blogging, I'm boiling the hemoglobin
And lead the side the arguments never move me
Cause we acting out the stereotypes like Tyler Perry movies
My indiscretion is reeking in deep betrayal
The beat is on like horses, is hard to keep 'em stable
She believed me the way Michael believed in Fredo
But I need her, she the proof in my soul, my sweet potato
Before I let her go I know she'll be forever gone
I can't leave when the weather roam or weather storms
She like a tree, now got me looking for Fema
Cover in my neighbor's lawn the grass is looking greener
But in reality it never is
I'm sure there's others, but I'll never find a better
Girls have feelings
Girls have feelings
Girls have feelings
They surely, surely do
Being a single mom helped her develop the powers
We stay up to a elegant hour talking the hell and the sour
Reaching out to god cause the devil a coward
But he still sits on my shoulder and whispers
It feels like my shoulder gets colder the more that I listen
And now it seems like she ready to leave
We stay to beef the main reason my desire to spreading my seed
I try to tell her I'm just a man
She said "no, you're wrong, cause you're way more than that
You need to cut the scheme
You're not fooling me, this lunacy
Them excuses might be new to the birds, but they ain't new to me."
Yo, I hate when the fit is proun, is like
Everytime I pick up the phone you bitch moan, whoa
I'm like why you stressing for, press to the norm
Make me wanna never get involved
I need to rip these benefits
Uh, you so sensitive
I say serve this rarity
She say I deserve your loyalty
Girls have feelings
Men lie out of fear but we front like we're not afraid
Whether arguing or not, the bills gotta get paid
We are not in 6th grade, we're fighting and people watching
On tweeter she emo-blogging, I'm boiling the hemoglobin
And lead the side the arguments never move me
Cause we acting out the stereotypes like Tyler Perry movies
My indiscretion is reeking in deep betrayal
The beat is on like horses, is hard to keep 'em stable
She believed me the way Michael believed in Fredo
But I need her, she the proof in my soul, my sweet potato
Before I let her go I know she'll be forever gone
I can't leave when the weather roam or weather storms
She like a tree, now got me looking for Fema
Cover in my neighbor's lawn the grass is looking greener
But in reality it never is
I'm sure there's others, but I'll never find a better
Girls have feelings
Girls have feelings
Girls have feelings
They surely, surely do
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Delicate Flowers Lyrics as written by Talib Kweli Greene Larry Griffin
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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