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.
Do you take what's in the box or what's behind door 213
Chocolate man's gone crazy, he's in the oxford up the street
Gonna take the Green river boat ride with a Sea-Tac walking ho
With a cast of killers, Black and Decker drillers
Funked up mental load
Hides the hooded zodiac, hey baby what's your sign
Got San Fransisco shaking like the San Andreas line
Chuckie's selling time shares at the San Quintin country club
Gien the mean lone furniture fiend selling tickets to his house of blood
The sweat beads up as the devil in you
Winds your ticking time bomb
And lights your vicious fuse
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Teddy scared my mother and the collegiate debutant
Click the switch and watched him twitch, we fried the bastard raw
Jeff got one foot in the closet, on hand in the cookie jar
That ain't Palmolive you're soaking in it's the flesh remover sauce
The sweat beads up as the devil in you
Winds you're ticking time bomb
And lights your vicious fuse
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
(repeats and fades)
Chocolate man's gone crazy, he's in the oxford up the street
Gonna take the Green river boat ride with a Sea-Tac walking ho
With a cast of killers, Black and Decker drillers
Funked up mental load
Hides the hooded zodiac, hey baby what's your sign
Got San Fransisco shaking like the San Andreas line
Chuckie's selling time shares at the San Quintin country club
Gien the mean lone furniture fiend selling tickets to his house of blood
The sweat beads up as the devil in you
Winds your ticking time bomb
And lights your vicious fuse
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Teddy scared my mother and the collegiate debutant
Click the switch and watched him twitch, we fried the bastard raw
Jeff got one foot in the closet, on hand in the cookie jar
That ain't Palmolive you're soaking in it's the flesh remover sauce
The sweat beads up as the devil in you
Winds you're ticking time bomb
And lights your vicious fuse
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
On your bed of tales you somber on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
Gone, gone daddy you're really gone
Does it get you high does it turn you on
Gone, gone daddy
You're just a body thief (just a body thief)
(repeats and fades)
Lyrics submitted by GiveMeHam
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