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.
I want explosion
Not slow motion
I want colour
Not grainy black and white
And when i see you
I wanna feel like
I just met you
For the first time
Truth bites
But it hurts you more to lie
Don't you find
Theres no right answer
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Ohh what did you, what did you, what did you expect
We're impatient(?)
Too complacent (?)
Built us up to to be something it couldn't be
Expectation
We were chasing
Have out run us
Left us laying in the street
Truth bites
But it hurts you more to lie
Don't you find
Theres no right answer
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Ohh what did you, what did you, what did you expect
Truth bites
But it hurts you more to lie
Don't you find
Theres no right answer
True hurts
But lying makes it worse
Don't you find
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Ohh what did you, what did you, what did you expect
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Not slow motion
I want colour
Not grainy black and white
And when i see you
I wanna feel like
I just met you
For the first time
Truth bites
But it hurts you more to lie
Don't you find
Theres no right answer
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Ohh what did you, what did you, what did you expect
We're impatient(?)
Too complacent (?)
Built us up to to be something it couldn't be
Expectation
We were chasing
Have out run us
Left us laying in the street
Truth bites
But it hurts you more to lie
Don't you find
Theres no right answer
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Ohh what did you, what did you, what did you expect
Truth bites
But it hurts you more to lie
Don't you find
Theres no right answer
True hurts
But lying makes it worse
Don't you find
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Ohh what did you, what did you, what did you expect
Maybe I've had too much
Never had quite enough
When it came down to love
What did you expect
Haven't you heard the news
Lovers are made to lose
When it came to me and you
What did you expect
Lyrics submitted by Azazel23
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