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.
Oh, dig my shallow grave
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
Wait, all this time that I have spent away
Makes me think that I might be okay
For this, the deaf will have to wait
My head, is holding on to all those things you said
You taught me to be strong and get through it, the mist of darkness
In my head
Oh, dig my shallow grave
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
Wait, no one said what's lost cannot be found
You are here to make it safe and sound
Oh we, can make it, out alive
Fate, hath its way when all that's learned is sin
Nothing really matters in the end
As long, as you, are with me, friend
Oh, dig my shallow grave
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
No one can understand me
Like you can understand
No one can fill your shadow
Cause you are all I am
Oh, dig my shallow grave
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
Wait, all this time that I have spent away
Makes me think that I might be okay
For this, the deaf will have to wait
My head, is holding on to all those things you said
You taught me to be strong and get through it, the mist of darkness
In my head
Oh, dig my shallow grave
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
Wait, no one said what's lost cannot be found
You are here to make it safe and sound
Oh we, can make it, out alive
Fate, hath its way when all that's learned is sin
Nothing really matters in the end
As long, as you, are with me, friend
Oh, dig my shallow grave
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
No one can understand me
Like you can understand
No one can fill your shadow
Cause you are all I am
Oh, dig my shallow grave
It's not me you'll save
Cause I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
A lost, lost cause
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