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.
How content are with ones with simple demands?
They meet their fiancés, cherry picking out in Canada
While cursing the river, a seven fingered man
His three sleepless wives, all equally sick of him
Honey, I left to see some action
What's with all this swamp?
All I'm passing are hospitals and space-camps
Nobody is asking me, "What about your other?"
If they did, I'd tell them you're a
Stranger in India
I'm gonna be creepin' on you so hard
You're seducin' Tibetan pop stars and
Wreckin' motor cars
I know it's true, this is wrong love
Why is everything so expensive?
Maybe in two years you can forgive me
I'll be living kinder, I'll have found my place as a
Stranger in India
I'm gonna be creepin' on you so hard
You're seducin' Tibetan pop stars and
Wreckin' motorcars
A stranger in India
But I'm doing okay so far
I'm just waiting on feathers and tar
You are the only one, you are
Nobody deserves you the way that I do
And nobody deserves you the way that I do
Nobody deserves you the way that I do
And nobody deserves you the way that I do
Come home, my stranger in India
Because waiting on you is too hard
The reason I haven't written back is because
I'm doing all that bad shit I was
My love is average
I obey an average law, law
My love is average
I obey an average law, law, law
Ah
Ah
Law
They meet their fiancés, cherry picking out in Canada
While cursing the river, a seven fingered man
His three sleepless wives, all equally sick of him
Honey, I left to see some action
What's with all this swamp?
All I'm passing are hospitals and space-camps
Nobody is asking me, "What about your other?"
If they did, I'd tell them you're a
Stranger in India
I'm gonna be creepin' on you so hard
You're seducin' Tibetan pop stars and
Wreckin' motor cars
I know it's true, this is wrong love
Why is everything so expensive?
Maybe in two years you can forgive me
I'll be living kinder, I'll have found my place as a
Stranger in India
I'm gonna be creepin' on you so hard
You're seducin' Tibetan pop stars and
Wreckin' motorcars
A stranger in India
But I'm doing okay so far
I'm just waiting on feathers and tar
You are the only one, you are
Nobody deserves you the way that I do
And nobody deserves you the way that I do
Nobody deserves you the way that I do
And nobody deserves you the way that I do
Come home, my stranger in India
Because waiting on you is too hard
The reason I haven't written back is because
I'm doing all that bad shit I was
My love is average
I obey an average law, law
My love is average
I obey an average law, law, law
Ah
Ah
Law
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