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.
Unreal to a close eye
Can’t feel but you heard that I’m close by
It’s more vivid the image invented in my mind
I look around and rarely I see a fake smile
No time, when the tick is down
My Rolex style don’t mean shit now
It’s just another pay cut my mind made up
Unnecessary lay-ups
You can still win n got a rich n star player
Fuck a hater still remain-a-self-made nigga
Live bigger, credit cards no limits
I drop 20 on the luggage took 10 minutes
I don’t shop online those are all gimmicks
Only make moves when your hearts in it
B.I.G. said it; so I entertain like Cedric
Standin' on the trunk roof top unit city
Batman, spotlight, gotta say you bitches
The jokes on you Jack
Who the fuck you gon' call when your shit towed, by the repo
Can’t tell your girl so she the center fold
Now you gettin' played like Casio’s; uuh
Casino’s, C-notes and chips like Frito’s
Got a free coat, when Costa Rico
Most hoes only know two words
Like “gimme those”, still buy em tho
Currently ballin’ so I gotta letcha know
Flash thru the tint roll the window
Tilt the brim
What the fuck I did, lemme see your registration
I'ma keep it real kid I’m just hatin
Ain’t a opportunity I ain’t take close chase
City national bank evolve into shape
Of a dollar then I duplicate
Motherfucker don’t believe let me demonstrate
I dream the motherfucker try to kill me in my sleep
Whats the point to steak when niggas want beef
Diss me cus they hungry made a meal that you couldn’t eat
You fucken snakes in the rat race 2 face bitches
That’s why I don’t fuck wit none of ya'll niggas
Cus soon ya'll fell when you fell wit em
Its like puttin' ’87 in a Bentley; nigga don’t tempt me
Everything ain't everything
Shit ain't always what it seems
I put that on everything no sleep having light dreams
What I see is what I can't reach I put that on everything
Goin' crazy, I might be no sleep having light dreams
I dream (I dream)
Everything ain't everything
Shit ain't always what it seems
I put that on everything no sleep having light dreams
What I see is what I can't reach I put that on everything
Goin' crazy, I might be no sleep having light dreams
I dream (I dream)
Can’t feel but you heard that I’m close by
It’s more vivid the image invented in my mind
I look around and rarely I see a fake smile
No time, when the tick is down
My Rolex style don’t mean shit now
It’s just another pay cut my mind made up
Unnecessary lay-ups
You can still win n got a rich n star player
Fuck a hater still remain-a-self-made nigga
Live bigger, credit cards no limits
I drop 20 on the luggage took 10 minutes
I don’t shop online those are all gimmicks
Only make moves when your hearts in it
B.I.G. said it; so I entertain like Cedric
Standin' on the trunk roof top unit city
Batman, spotlight, gotta say you bitches
The jokes on you Jack
Who the fuck you gon' call when your shit towed, by the repo
Can’t tell your girl so she the center fold
Now you gettin' played like Casio’s; uuh
Casino’s, C-notes and chips like Frito’s
Got a free coat, when Costa Rico
Most hoes only know two words
Like “gimme those”, still buy em tho
Currently ballin’ so I gotta letcha know
Flash thru the tint roll the window
Tilt the brim
What the fuck I did, lemme see your registration
I'ma keep it real kid I’m just hatin
Ain’t a opportunity I ain’t take close chase
City national bank evolve into shape
Of a dollar then I duplicate
Motherfucker don’t believe let me demonstrate
I dream the motherfucker try to kill me in my sleep
Whats the point to steak when niggas want beef
Diss me cus they hungry made a meal that you couldn’t eat
You fucken snakes in the rat race 2 face bitches
That’s why I don’t fuck wit none of ya'll niggas
Cus soon ya'll fell when you fell wit em
Its like puttin' ’87 in a Bentley; nigga don’t tempt me
Everything ain't everything
Shit ain't always what it seems
I put that on everything no sleep having light dreams
What I see is what I can't reach I put that on everything
Goin' crazy, I might be no sleep having light dreams
I dream (I dream)
Everything ain't everything
Shit ain't always what it seems
I put that on everything no sleep having light dreams
What I see is what I can't reach I put that on everything
Goin' crazy, I might be no sleep having light dreams
I dream (I dream)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Light Dreams Lyrics as written by John Justin Hiersekorn Marsha Ambrosius
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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