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.
Gotta get back
Gotta figure out a way
I'm losing - My senses to you
Where'd it go, the bluebird I should follow
Back home, but where is home
Guess it won't amount to much
Won't be long before I crush
I'll stand in line
Don't believe a thing they say, today
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
All alone
But I'm in a crowded room
I'm sinking, in quick sand tonight
You pick me up, And I shine across the sky till morning, Then you colour me in
Guess it won't amount to much
Seems to me I've lost my touch
I'm back in line
Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
Gotta get in time
Gotta get it last time
Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
Gotta figure out a way
I'm losing - My senses to you
Where'd it go, the bluebird I should follow
Back home, but where is home
Guess it won't amount to much
Won't be long before I crush
I'll stand in line
Don't believe a thing they say, today
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
All alone
But I'm in a crowded room
I'm sinking, in quick sand tonight
You pick me up, And I shine across the sky till morning, Then you colour me in
Guess it won't amount to much
Seems to me I've lost my touch
I'm back in line
Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
Gotta get in time
Gotta get it last time
Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
Don't believe a thing they say today
Turn around and walk away
Everything will go your way, I pray
Seems we all get lost amongst the pigeons and the crumbs
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Maybe it's just about getting past one love interest with the hope of soon finding another! We are all little more than crumbs in the bigger picture! Maybe the pigeons are just a manifestation of everyone trying to feed on us! All with there own needs, there own longings, there own desires, there own personas, Ideals, intentions, perversions, fetishes and maybe the best we can hope for is that some predatory person. we are all predatory because we all want something, perhaps even think we need something, will find us and We will be OK and happy! Two of the lucky ones among so many other far-flung and scattered crumbs! All of those far-flung and scattered crumbs being little more than "Pigeon Fodder!"
updown Maybe it's just about getting past one love interest with the hope of soon finding another! We are all little more than crumbs in the bigger picture! Maybe the pigeons are just a manifestation of everyone trying to feed on us! All with there own needs, there own longings, there own desires, there own personas, Ideals, intentions, perversions, fetishes and maybe the best we can hope for is that some predatory person will come along that shares some of these identities with us? Perhaps if the right person with compatible longings and desires comes along everything will be OK? We are all predatory because we all want something, perhaps we even think we need something. Perhaps two predatory people that happen to share some bizarre and unimaginable coalescence of needs. longings, desires and intentions will somehow find each other and end up being two of the lucky ones among so many other far-flung and scattered crumbs! All of those far-flung and scattered crumbs being little more than "Pigeon Fodder!" Flaggedscott78833on October 20, 2015