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 moves like a ghost
Sleepless eyes and weathered bones
She is glass, and smoke, and all things in between.
But it seems,
That she floats amongst the falling leaves.
She is all the places I have never been.
So maybe you’re a bluebird, darling,
Tearing through the darkness of my days.
Maybe you’re a drop of water,
Running down the lines upon my face.
A thought from a dream,
She is the light I’ve always seen.
A raging fire, rolling down the street.
And a port in the storm,
An everlasting sort of warmth,
I see her eyes in every soul I meet.
So maybe you’re a bluebird, darling,
Tearing through the darkness of my days.
Maybe you’re a drop of water,
Running down the lines upon my face.
You pull me from this
World that can seem loveless,
And this soil that steals my one chance
Of ever breaking free...
So maybe you’re a bluebird, darling,
Tearing through the darkness of my days.
Maybe you’re a drop of water,
Running down the lines upon my face.
Sleepless eyes and weathered bones
She is glass, and smoke, and all things in between.
But it seems,
That she floats amongst the falling leaves.
She is all the places I have never been.
So maybe you’re a bluebird, darling,
Tearing through the darkness of my days.
Maybe you’re a drop of water,
Running down the lines upon my face.
A thought from a dream,
She is the light I’ve always seen.
A raging fire, rolling down the street.
And a port in the storm,
An everlasting sort of warmth,
I see her eyes in every soul I meet.
So maybe you’re a bluebird, darling,
Tearing through the darkness of my days.
Maybe you’re a drop of water,
Running down the lines upon my face.
You pull me from this
World that can seem loveless,
And this soil that steals my one chance
Of ever breaking free...
So maybe you’re a bluebird, darling,
Tearing through the darkness of my days.
Maybe you’re a drop of water,
Running down the lines upon my face.
Lyrics submitted by tinysketch
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