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 have no fingertips
They were burned away from too many stove trips
Can't find no fingernails
I ate them off cause I was hungry as hell
Can't read, can't clear my mind
So here I go I've got to get into this lifetime
I think I'm gonna build a fence
To keep inside what little sense
The sense of taste
The sense of smell
The sense to sit here and feel like hell
To feel like hell
The sun, the moon, the stars
Is that what you're thinking that you are
As I'll disintegrate over time
If I expect my body to try and keep up with my mind
Today everything's mine
Today everything's mine
Today everything's mine
(That was fine)
They were burned away from too many stove trips
Can't find no fingernails
I ate them off cause I was hungry as hell
Can't read, can't clear my mind
So here I go I've got to get into this lifetime
I think I'm gonna build a fence
To keep inside what little sense
The sense of taste
The sense of smell
The sense to sit here and feel like hell
To feel like hell
The sun, the moon, the stars
Is that what you're thinking that you are
As I'll disintegrate over time
If I expect my body to try and keep up with my mind
Today everything's mine
Today everything's mine
Today everything's mine
(That was fine)
Lyrics submitted by bubbrock316
Hell Lyrics as written by Christopher Thorn Brad Smith
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mikus-fikus... HUH?? Anyway... Very very catchy song which is a bit disturbing considering what it is about! They sure had a way of turning something terrible into a catchy little tune you can't stop singing huh? So, whiffet i agree with you 100%. I've been there myself. The "I have no fingertips..stove trips" made me think of burning and blistering your fingertips on glass tubes that are still hot from the last go... And no fingernails.. well.. you're mind is not at all hungry but your body wants to eat, plus you're wired for sound so you just eat your fingernails to the nub until they almost bleed!! I agree about the disentegrate part too. It's like you just get to the point when you look back and you haven't slept in six days, your eyes are all bloodshot, and your speech is slurring. But your brain is still RACING. I don't miss that life, and I can tell by the lyrics of this song (which was one of the last that Shannon got the chance to write) that Shannon was tired of the game as well. He just couldn't get out by himself. Makes you want to scream at everyone around him to HELP HIM. Screw the Soup tour, do it later. He could've come out with so much more!!! :( RIP hoon. :(
Whaat? When you make tortillas on an open stove fire, you have to quickly turn them so you don't burn your fingers. Not saying that is what he was intending to mean in this song, but there are other possiblilities and isn't difinitiely about drugs. Not every song is about drugs and even if the artist is intentionally describing such a situation, the listener can take the song to mean anything and that is what art is so please be more creative.
Instead of being a worthless crack addict, he could simply be a worthless book addict. Afterall, he does say, "can't read, can't clear my mind" meaning he possibly wasted an entire day reading and contemplating such matters like "the sun, the moon, the stars" and how his body will "disentigrate over time" and eventually become them. Yes, he wasted the day away, "today everythings mine" and his body sits while his mind is everywhere. <br /> <br /> Hey, don't fork with me, do you not see the humor? Geez!