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.
today i realized how sick the world is
i thought that i knew before
but i'm learning more and more every day how disgusted i am with this place
yeah, i'm fucking disgusted with this place
have you ever felt like you could kill
kill someone with no remorse
find them late in the dark and put a knife right through their heart
and laugh out loud at a corpse
yeah, i could laugh out loud at your corpse
and i've been angry for hours
and i've been angry for days
and i've been angry for a year or two
and i think that i'll be angry to my grave
and there is a demon in each and every one of us
and i killed mine long ago
but his children they got older and my heart's getting colder
and they killed everything i've ever known
yeah, they killed every fucking thing i know
and i was born in philadelphia
and some days i wish it would burn down
because the city takes away a new life everyday
while you assholes are drinking at your house
while i was sitting there drinking at your house
and i've been angry for hours
and i've been angry for days
and i've been angry for a year or two
and i think that i'll be angry to my grave
have you ever wanted to leave the place where you grew up
well i did a couple months ago
and people call me on the phone and tell me no i gotta know
when are you getting back i say i don't know
i just tell them that i don't fucking know
and i wish that i could see them now and remind them that everybody sucks
but you don't suck and i don't suck
and right now that's all we've got
and right now i think that that's enough
yeah, right now i think that that's enough
and i've been angry for hours
and i've been angry for days
and i've been angry for a year or two
and i think that i'll be angry until my grave
i thought that i knew before
but i'm learning more and more every day how disgusted i am with this place
yeah, i'm fucking disgusted with this place
have you ever felt like you could kill
kill someone with no remorse
find them late in the dark and put a knife right through their heart
and laugh out loud at a corpse
yeah, i could laugh out loud at your corpse
and i've been angry for hours
and i've been angry for days
and i've been angry for a year or two
and i think that i'll be angry to my grave
and there is a demon in each and every one of us
and i killed mine long ago
but his children they got older and my heart's getting colder
and they killed everything i've ever known
yeah, they killed every fucking thing i know
and i was born in philadelphia
and some days i wish it would burn down
because the city takes away a new life everyday
while you assholes are drinking at your house
while i was sitting there drinking at your house
and i've been angry for hours
and i've been angry for days
and i've been angry for a year or two
and i think that i'll be angry to my grave
have you ever wanted to leave the place where you grew up
well i did a couple months ago
and people call me on the phone and tell me no i gotta know
when are you getting back i say i don't know
i just tell them that i don't fucking know
and i wish that i could see them now and remind them that everybody sucks
but you don't suck and i don't suck
and right now that's all we've got
and right now i think that that's enough
yeah, right now i think that that's enough
and i've been angry for hours
and i've been angry for days
and i've been angry for a year or two
and i think that i'll be angry until my grave
Lyrics submitted by lazlowcarmichael
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