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.
Yeah
Well everybody, they think they know us
They think they've got us figured out,
Waste their words just trying to tell us,
How the typical, predictable, young love turns out, yeah
Little do they know girl, we've got a fast car
A James Dean spirit and a Norma Jean heart.
This blank sheet of paper, has been waiting forever,
So baby just tell me where you wanna start
You and I, can fall as hard as we want
Make the story of our own, and blow Shakespeare's mind,
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
Right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
Na na na, na na na, na na na, storyline
We can pack for Paris, plan for Tennessee,
Oceans, mountains, hey I don't care as long as you're with me
Running like crazy, yeah, kissin' in public
Who cares what the world thinks girl they don't know nothing about us
You and I, can fall as hard as we want
Make the story of our own, and blow Shakespeare's mind,
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
And right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline yeah
Yeah yeah
Let's make the story of our lives, whatever we wanna make it,
If there's rules about the way this works well I think it's time we break 'em,
From the moment I met you, there's just one thing I've been praying
If this boy gets you girl, girl will you take my name?
'Cause you and I can fall as hard as we want
Make the story of our own, and blow Shakespeare's mind,
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
And right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
I said right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline yeah
Na na na, na na na, na na na, oh yeah
It's all in our storyline,
its part of a storyline
It's all in our all in our storyline
Well everybody, they think they know us
They think they've got us figured out,
Waste their words just trying to tell us,
How the typical, predictable, young love turns out, yeah
Little do they know girl, we've got a fast car
A James Dean spirit and a Norma Jean heart.
This blank sheet of paper, has been waiting forever,
So baby just tell me where you wanna start
You and I, can fall as hard as we want
Make the story of our own, and blow Shakespeare's mind,
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
Right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
Na na na, na na na, na na na, storyline
We can pack for Paris, plan for Tennessee,
Oceans, mountains, hey I don't care as long as you're with me
Running like crazy, yeah, kissin' in public
Who cares what the world thinks girl they don't know nothing about us
You and I, can fall as hard as we want
Make the story of our own, and blow Shakespeare's mind,
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
And right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline yeah
Yeah yeah
Let's make the story of our lives, whatever we wanna make it,
If there's rules about the way this works well I think it's time we break 'em,
From the moment I met you, there's just one thing I've been praying
If this boy gets you girl, girl will you take my name?
'Cause you and I can fall as hard as we want
Make the story of our own, and blow Shakespeare's mind,
It's ours to write, it's our love and it's our life
And right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline
I said right or wrong, we'll write our own storyline yeah
Na na na, na na na, na na na, oh yeah
It's all in our storyline,
its part of a storyline
It's all in our all in our storyline
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