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 could I trust you?
With the vision of your past?
I wanna love you
Oooh, oooh, oooh,
But it's so hard to
Forgetting make this last
I'm gonna try to
Oooh, oooh, oooh
Hate ya past
We be doing good then I've remembered, oh shit
First I loved you then we arguing both, oh shit
I forgave you then here comes some more, oh shit
Through it all up in your face you'll be like, oh shit
Baby bipolar how I just flip
I bust in these flinch tears now you can't tip
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Boy, just started crying about the same old things
Look, we ain't married I ain't got a diamond ring nigga
You was a liar and a cheater, but a spoiler
So I looked away and had some things I would endure
But time passes and I'm wiser than before
To left, to the left you get your shit before fall
We fussed a lot and you say we're getting better, ha
Still how I be dealing with some wounds probably never healed?
Wow, that's how you respond?
About to crash, so much man destiny gone
How could I trust you?
With the vision of your past?
[Lyrics from: https:/lyrics.az/brianna-perry/symphony-no-9-the-collection/hate-ya-past.html]
I wanna love you
Oooh, oooh, oooh,
But it's so hard to
Forgetting make this last
I'm gonna try to
Oooh, oooh, oooh
Hate ya past
'Cause it always comes right back to haunt you
Ex-girlfriends get to calling and they want you
You ignore it and I start snoring
So it got boring now you reply to her
Tell the truth never lie to her
That you got a girl and you gone riding with her
But whom little does she know and little does she care?
So she in her bathroom snapping pictures in her underwear
Knew that when I met you, you was special
The moment said hello from that moment won't forget you
Mama's saying how could I forgive you
The baggage in you trunk keep me looking in your rearview
Trust is a mirror when it's spoken it's an issue
Seven year of bad luck lose some tears and tissues
Damn, even though you was my first did me the worst
First love then pain hard to put it in a verse, you know
How could I trust you?
With the vision of your past?
I wanna love you
Oooh, oooh, oooh,
But it's so hard to
Forgetting make this last
I'm gonna try to
Oooh, oooh, oooh
I hate ya past.
With the vision of your past?
I wanna love you
Oooh, oooh, oooh,
But it's so hard to
Forgetting make this last
I'm gonna try to
Oooh, oooh, oooh
Hate ya past
We be doing good then I've remembered, oh shit
First I loved you then we arguing both, oh shit
I forgave you then here comes some more, oh shit
Through it all up in your face you'll be like, oh shit
Baby bipolar how I just flip
I bust in these flinch tears now you can't tip
sponsored links
Boy, just started crying about the same old things
Look, we ain't married I ain't got a diamond ring nigga
You was a liar and a cheater, but a spoiler
So I looked away and had some things I would endure
But time passes and I'm wiser than before
To left, to the left you get your shit before fall
We fussed a lot and you say we're getting better, ha
Still how I be dealing with some wounds probably never healed?
Wow, that's how you respond?
About to crash, so much man destiny gone
How could I trust you?
With the vision of your past?
[Lyrics from: https:/lyrics.az/brianna-perry/symphony-no-9-the-collection/hate-ya-past.html]
I wanna love you
Oooh, oooh, oooh,
But it's so hard to
Forgetting make this last
I'm gonna try to
Oooh, oooh, oooh
Hate ya past
'Cause it always comes right back to haunt you
Ex-girlfriends get to calling and they want you
You ignore it and I start snoring
So it got boring now you reply to her
Tell the truth never lie to her
That you got a girl and you gone riding with her
But whom little does she know and little does she care?
So she in her bathroom snapping pictures in her underwear
Knew that when I met you, you was special
The moment said hello from that moment won't forget you
Mama's saying how could I forgive you
The baggage in you trunk keep me looking in your rearview
Trust is a mirror when it's spoken it's an issue
Seven year of bad luck lose some tears and tissues
Damn, even though you was my first did me the worst
First love then pain hard to put it in a verse, you know
How could I trust you?
With the vision of your past?
I wanna love you
Oooh, oooh, oooh,
But it's so hard to
Forgetting make this last
I'm gonna try to
Oooh, oooh, oooh
I hate ya past.
Lyrics submitted by KRC-Roseland Ent-The Pac-Planet9
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