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.
She’s in love with the concept
As if we’re all just how she imagined
Cause "we’re in love but just don’t know it yet"
Well, tell me how am I supposed to see the magic?
Cause I don’t believe in it no more
But I don’t tell her
Cause I always imagined
It’s easier if she thinks she won
So Imma let her, and she said
I don’t think I love you no more
You never seem to call me lately
Girl I don’t think you know me at all
Cause I never thought id have to say this
No I don’t love you, and I never did
Look at us burning down in flames for kicks but just know
I’m not singing for your XO
I’m just singing cause it's over
Came and went like the summer time
Was that a sunset or sunrise
Looking back like where’d the time go
So much for trying to keep this moving slow
Cause I don’t believe in her no more
But I remember
How we talked shit like we knew what we wanted
I still remember what she said
I don’t think I love you no more
You never seem to call me lately
Girl I don’t think she knew me at all
Cause I never thought I'd have to say this
But I’m no liar, and I never hid
Anything, you should have seen it coming to this just know
I’m not singing for an ex though
I’m just singing cause it's over
As if we’re all just how she imagined
Cause "we’re in love but just don’t know it yet"
Well, tell me how am I supposed to see the magic?
Cause I don’t believe in it no more
But I don’t tell her
Cause I always imagined
It’s easier if she thinks she won
So Imma let her, and she said
I don’t think I love you no more
You never seem to call me lately
Girl I don’t think you know me at all
Cause I never thought id have to say this
No I don’t love you, and I never did
Look at us burning down in flames for kicks but just know
I’m not singing for your XO
I’m just singing cause it's over
Came and went like the summer time
Was that a sunset or sunrise
Looking back like where’d the time go
So much for trying to keep this moving slow
Cause I don’t believe in her no more
But I remember
How we talked shit like we knew what we wanted
I still remember what she said
I don’t think I love you no more
You never seem to call me lately
Girl I don’t think she knew me at all
Cause I never thought I'd have to say this
But I’m no liar, and I never hid
Anything, you should have seen it coming to this just know
I’m not singing for an ex though
I’m just singing cause it's over
Lyrics submitted by Damaris
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