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.
Then you were dead
Subsistin' on that same old bread
It's the memory that hides
The whole wide world
It's the gas he'd's love of america
It's the memory that hides
Take your photographs back
For the love of all gods
Our gas he'd marches on
Our gas he'd marches on
He's a bonified man
A star amongst his clan
And the only one that let me ride
It's the memory that dies
Our gas he'd was right
When they lanced his skull
There was puss and light
It's the memory that dies
So take your photographs back
For the love of all gods
Our gas he'd marches on
Our gas he'd marches
It's the memory that dies
And make your photographs black
For the love of all gods
Our gas he'd marches on
Our gas he'd marches on
Gas he'd is on the radio, radio, radio
Subsistin' on that same old bread
It's the memory that hides
The whole wide world
It's the gas he'd's love of america
It's the memory that hides
Take your photographs back
For the love of all gods
Our gas he'd marches on
Our gas he'd marches on
He's a bonified man
A star amongst his clan
And the only one that let me ride
It's the memory that dies
Our gas he'd was right
When they lanced his skull
There was puss and light
It's the memory that dies
So take your photographs back
For the love of all gods
Our gas he'd marches on
Our gas he'd marches
It's the memory that dies
And make your photographs black
For the love of all gods
Our gas he'd marches on
Our gas he'd marches on
Gas he'd is on the radio, radio, radio
Lyrics submitted by Caverna[RR], edited by mark111230, brycej3, EternalTearsOfSorrow, giftedmadness
Gas Hed Goes West Lyrics as written by Chad David Taylor Chad Alan Gracey
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it has always sounded to me like he's saying "Watch the sharp corners" in the beginning, but I can't make out the rest of it