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.
It's been almost twenty years on the red planet
A place where there are no tears, it is just water floating
No, they're not quite emoting
I dream of the other days, of the times I held you
Left in an autumn blaze, now I idle in bubbles
Just collecting the rubble
Well I waited for you out here, but that was just delusional
And I've painted all these pictures of Earth, but that's unusual
Unusual to you
Met at a seminar, shared the same table
Brushed by you at the bar, didn't match your description
It soon became my prescription
I think of the junipers in the spring growing
Fall upon the Jupiter, it doesn't draw a reaction
Temporary distraction
And I've waited for you out here, but that may be delusional
And I've painted all these pictures of Earth, but that's unusual
Unusual to you
Unusual, unusual, unusual to you
And I waited for forever, and that was just delusional
So I've painted all these pictures of Earth, but that's unusual
Unusual, unusual, unusual to you
A place where there are no tears, it is just water floating
No, they're not quite emoting
I dream of the other days, of the times I held you
Left in an autumn blaze, now I idle in bubbles
Just collecting the rubble
Well I waited for you out here, but that was just delusional
And I've painted all these pictures of Earth, but that's unusual
Unusual to you
Met at a seminar, shared the same table
Brushed by you at the bar, didn't match your description
It soon became my prescription
I think of the junipers in the spring growing
Fall upon the Jupiter, it doesn't draw a reaction
Temporary distraction
And I've waited for you out here, but that may be delusional
And I've painted all these pictures of Earth, but that's unusual
Unusual to you
Unusual, unusual, unusual to you
And I waited for forever, and that was just delusional
So I've painted all these pictures of Earth, but that's unusual
Unusual, unusual, unusual to you
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Red Planet Lyrics as written by Molly Margaret Rankin Alec Fraser O'hanley
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING
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The line with [???] should be: "brushed by you[ at the bar]"
Am I allowed to fix this?