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.
Perfect Love
Awake in the darkness of this room
You listen to the night
Silence between us once again
We are two strangers in the night
It's always been this way
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
Alone now as always, we just turn away
It's too late for words
All day we pretend that it's all right
Until the emptiness returns
I just can't reach you now
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
What drove us together
was the loneliness that keeps us apart
You can hide behind love
but it wont change a thing
That fear was there right from the start
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
We were young, things were different then
We lived for the moment
We never thought that it would end this way
It seemed that love was forever for a time
But now there's nothing left to say
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
Awake in the darkness of this room
You listen to the night
Silence between us once again
We are two strangers in the night
It's always been this way
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
Alone now as always, we just turn away
It's too late for words
All day we pretend that it's all right
Until the emptiness returns
I just can't reach you now
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
What drove us together
was the loneliness that keeps us apart
You can hide behind love
but it wont change a thing
That fear was there right from the start
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
We were young, things were different then
We lived for the moment
We never thought that it would end this way
It seemed that love was forever for a time
But now there's nothing left to say
Don't wait for that perfect love
It's too late to be dreaming of
A safe kind of refuge for your heart
You've got to take what you can from it
To make all the pieces fit
And fake what it takes to play the part
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