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.
Let's commence to coordinate our sights
Get them square to rights
Get them square to rights
Condescend to calm this riot in your mind
Find yourself in time
Find yourself in time
If I am waiting
Should I be waiting?
If I am wanting
Should I be wanting?
When all around me
All around me
Document the world inside your skin
The tenor of your shins
The timbre of your limbs
Now commence to kick each brick apart
To center on your heart
Starting with your heart (bright heart)
If I am waiting
Should I be waiting?
If I am wanting
Should I be wanting?
When all around me
All around me
When all around me
When all around me
When all around me
If I am waiting
Should I be waiting?
If I am wanting
Should I be wanting?
If I am hopeful
Should I be hopeful?
All around me
All around me
Is the sunlight
Is the shadows
Is the quiet
Is the word
Is the beating heart
Is the ocean
Is the boys
Is you
My sweet love (my sweet love)
Oh, my love (oh, my love)
And the light, bright light
And the light, bright light
Bright light, bright light
It's all around me
It's all around me
It's all around me
It's all around me
All around me
Get them square to rights
Get them square to rights
Condescend to calm this riot in your mind
Find yourself in time
Find yourself in time
If I am waiting
Should I be waiting?
If I am wanting
Should I be wanting?
When all around me
All around me
Document the world inside your skin
The tenor of your shins
The timbre of your limbs
Now commence to kick each brick apart
To center on your heart
Starting with your heart (bright heart)
If I am waiting
Should I be waiting?
If I am wanting
Should I be wanting?
When all around me
All around me
When all around me
When all around me
When all around me
If I am waiting
Should I be waiting?
If I am wanting
Should I be wanting?
If I am hopeful
Should I be hopeful?
All around me
All around me
Is the sunlight
Is the shadows
Is the quiet
Is the word
Is the beating heart
Is the ocean
Is the boys
Is you
My sweet love (my sweet love)
Oh, my love (oh, my love)
And the light, bright light
And the light, bright light
Bright light, bright light
It's all around me
It's all around me
It's all around me
It's all around me
All around me
Lyrics submitted by Amii83, edited by virtualRefrain, Mellow_Harsher, rakastettu, ArboDoughty
A Beginning Song Lyrics as written by Colin Meloy
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Correct lyrics :
Let's commence to coordinate our sights And get them square to rights (Get them square to rights)
Condescend to calm this riot in your mind Find yourself in time (Find yourself in time)
If I am waiting, should I be waiting? If I am wanting, should I be wanting? And all around me (All around me)
Document the world inside his skin The tenor of your shins The timbre of your limbs
Now commence to kick each brick apart To center on your heart Starting with your heart (bright heart)
If I am waiting, should I be waiting? If I am wanting, should I be wanting? And all around me (All around me)
It's it sunlight, it's it shadow It's the quiet, it's the word It's the beating heart It's the ocean it's the boys
It's you, my sweet love (my sweet love) Oh, my love (oh my love)
And the light, bright light And the light, bright light Bright light, bright light
It's all around me It's all around me It's all around me
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