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.
I have an idea
Basically it’s how to keep the world off of your shoulders
Now I don’t mind sharing but you
Gotta be down
With me
Lose your mind with me
Fly into your dreams
I will take you way over the rainbow
Now, I don’t mind leading but you
Gotta be down
To believe
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
I intend to portend a trend
Where my friends spend my ends and my family ascends
But I’m lost in the wind
Got a pen?
I need a new a Blue Print
Got an inkwell for a brain so I use it from the Holy Land to Harlem
They can’t believe my qalam
I cause a problem with my big bottom
Stamped “Made in Africa”
Ancient
Amateur
Needs more light
You should opens up your aperture
To TwitPic this
Sun plus drums
I live off the sum total of my art
Things Fall Apart
They always do
But I voodoo like a Hutu
Ans my Tutsi is the truth
See, brotha all you need is to
Fall upon your knees for
Upon the breeze
A rumor of a
Luder, cruder, haute couture, jazz crooner
Bated
Make room for the innovative
Joe Linds CM
You know you wanna
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
I only wanna see hands of people who
Live unapologetic
Love unconditional
Live on the dollar, rupee, shilling, rand, or euro
Currency
Is my only urgency
Currently
Burry me in bills
And I’ll resurrect an industry
The end of me will never be the state of the economy
I’m gonna be rich ‘cause I’m supposed to be
I keep a little secret in my hosiery
Tough skin
Rough knees
Goggles
You know you wanna…
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
I wanna to see each and every hand
Of everybody in the stands
Say ‘Yes I can’
‘Yes I can’
Throw up your phone
Shine a light on the world
You’re in the zone now
Nothing can hold you down
Basically it’s how to keep the world off of your shoulders
Now I don’t mind sharing but you
Gotta be down
With me
Lose your mind with me
Fly into your dreams
I will take you way over the rainbow
Now, I don’t mind leading but you
Gotta be down
To believe
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
I intend to portend a trend
Where my friends spend my ends and my family ascends
But I’m lost in the wind
Got a pen?
I need a new a Blue Print
Got an inkwell for a brain so I use it from the Holy Land to Harlem
They can’t believe my qalam
I cause a problem with my big bottom
Stamped “Made in Africa”
Ancient
Amateur
Needs more light
You should opens up your aperture
To TwitPic this
Sun plus drums
I live off the sum total of my art
Things Fall Apart
They always do
But I voodoo like a Hutu
Ans my Tutsi is the truth
See, brotha all you need is to
Fall upon your knees for
Upon the breeze
A rumor of a
Luder, cruder, haute couture, jazz crooner
Bated
Make room for the innovative
Joe Linds CM
You know you wanna
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
I only wanna see hands of people who
Live unapologetic
Love unconditional
Live on the dollar, rupee, shilling, rand, or euro
Currency
Is my only urgency
Currently
Burry me in bills
And I’ll resurrect an industry
The end of me will never be the state of the economy
I’m gonna be rich ‘cause I’m supposed to be
I keep a little secret in my hosiery
Tough skin
Rough knees
Goggles
You know you wanna…
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
Look at what I did with nothing
Turned a dollar into 10
Had to start over again
Hey look at what I did with nothing
Nothing
I wanna to see each and every hand
Of everybody in the stands
Say ‘Yes I can’
‘Yes I can’
Throw up your phone
Shine a light on the world
You’re in the zone now
Nothing can hold you down
Lyrics submitted by WeirdQueer
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