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.
Sleepless nights aren't new to me
All these thoughts are killing me
Someone come and put me to ease
All of my anxiety, there's no cause that I can see
What's this scratching out my brain!
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time
And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through
And it's true, maybe I've been wasting my time
All this time, yeh
Come creeping, no one can hear you now
Listen so you can show me how
Something that I'm missing here
Softly, stab my evil dreams
Faster, help me fall asleep
No one knows, that's how it goes
All the thoughts that we transpose
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time
And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through
And it's true, maybe I've been wasting my time
All this time, yeh
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time
And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through
And it's true, maybe I've been wasting my time
All this time
From time to time, we fall in line
But now it seems that we are blind
No one knows, that's how it goes
All the thoughts that we transpose
All these thoughts are killing me
Someone come and put me to ease
All of my anxiety, there's no cause that I can see
What's this scratching out my brain!
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time
And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through
And it's true, maybe I've been wasting my time
All this time, yeh
Come creeping, no one can hear you now
Listen so you can show me how
Something that I'm missing here
Softly, stab my evil dreams
Faster, help me fall asleep
No one knows, that's how it goes
All the thoughts that we transpose
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time
And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through
And it's true, maybe I've been wasting my time
All this time, yeh
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time
And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through
And it's true, maybe I've been wasting my time
All this time
From time to time, we fall in line
But now it seems that we are blind
No one knows, that's how it goes
All the thoughts that we transpose
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