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.
Let me paint a picture for you then I'll have to teach you to see it
Illustrate the remnants of the life I used to live here in Eden
Rolled a lucky pair of dice,
Ended up paradise
Landed on a snake's eyes, took a bite and ended up bleeding
You know if I could change anything, I think I would start with the name
The truth is all those angels started acting the same
And I know there's no going back now 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
No way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there
So when they ask why'd she go you can say 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
Walking in the garden was a serpent-shaped heart and he told me
What is broken cannot show, and less than beautiful is worse than unholy
Idolized my innocence,
Stole it from me in the end
Now I'm wide awakened and still paying for the poison they sold me
You know if I could change anything, I think I would start with the name
The truth is all those angels started acting the same
And I know there's no going back now 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
No way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there, so
When they ask why'd she go you can say 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
There was a time when I was taking all bets that
This place was even better than as good as it gets and now
Looking back from the outside in
I think I was choking on the air in Eden
Choking on the air in Eden
Life in Eden changed
You know if I could change anything, I think I would start with the name
The truth is all those angels started acting the same
And I know there's no going back now 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
No way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there, so
When they ask why'd she go you can say 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
When they ask why'd she go
'Cause life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
Illustrate the remnants of the life I used to live here in Eden
Rolled a lucky pair of dice,
Ended up paradise
Landed on a snake's eyes, took a bite and ended up bleeding
You know if I could change anything, I think I would start with the name
The truth is all those angels started acting the same
And I know there's no going back now 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
No way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there
So when they ask why'd she go you can say 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
Walking in the garden was a serpent-shaped heart and he told me
What is broken cannot show, and less than beautiful is worse than unholy
Idolized my innocence,
Stole it from me in the end
Now I'm wide awakened and still paying for the poison they sold me
You know if I could change anything, I think I would start with the name
The truth is all those angels started acting the same
And I know there's no going back now 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
No way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there, so
When they ask why'd she go you can say 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
There was a time when I was taking all bets that
This place was even better than as good as it gets and now
Looking back from the outside in
I think I was choking on the air in Eden
Choking on the air in Eden
Life in Eden changed
You know if I could change anything, I think I would start with the name
The truth is all those angels started acting the same
And I know there's no going back now 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
No way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there, so
When they ask why'd she go you can say 'cause
Life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
When they ask why'd she go
'Cause life in Eden
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
Life in Eden changed
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Eden Lyrics as written by Sara Bareilles Matthew Hales
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