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.
Hanging low a big embrace of Aztec moon
You throwing down a glow on this fluorescent tune
And cooling off and phasing out of chlorine bed
Shadows at the walls of the sun makes clear the door he read
Void of movement, void of feeling, void of life
Shadows crackles Spanish churchs in the night
Don't feel sour in the far window there
Don't be bothered by the words in your head
When the sun goes down and just a night
This will bring up pretty, some old fly
And make what's dead come alive
For the long and lonely ride
Ancient highways, desert dust, diamond lit sky
Like some lost planet, never breathes any life
And barely moving, broken ears bend and crawl
Talk to where you're stuck in and I won't cease until dawn
Wake me up when you can hear
The sound of people getting near
Where what's dead come alive
And there's a long and lonely ride
Who can know there's so much life around us thins?
Life from heaven smiles down on this room
Some parade of colors, marching on music trails
Morning slips to evening, falls through holes in between days
And you can lose another year
Where are the pictures perfect teen?
And where what's dead come alive
And where you are comes alive
You throwing down a glow on this fluorescent tune
And cooling off and phasing out of chlorine bed
Shadows at the walls of the sun makes clear the door he read
Void of movement, void of feeling, void of life
Shadows crackles Spanish churchs in the night
Don't feel sour in the far window there
Don't be bothered by the words in your head
When the sun goes down and just a night
This will bring up pretty, some old fly
And make what's dead come alive
For the long and lonely ride
Ancient highways, desert dust, diamond lit sky
Like some lost planet, never breathes any life
And barely moving, broken ears bend and crawl
Talk to where you're stuck in and I won't cease until dawn
Wake me up when you can hear
The sound of people getting near
Where what's dead come alive
And there's a long and lonely ride
Who can know there's so much life around us thins?
Life from heaven smiles down on this room
Some parade of colors, marching on music trails
Morning slips to evening, falls through holes in between days
And you can lose another year
Where are the pictures perfect teen?
And where what's dead come alive
And where you are comes alive
Lyrics submitted by ThreeMilesDown
Between Days Lyrics as written by Mark Edward Kozelek
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I signed up for this site for this song only. The imagery in this song is soooo timeless. "Ancient highway, desert dust, diamond lit sky" makes me think of the crumbling music industry. Music was often referred to as a 'highway' out of the hardships of life. But the highway nowadays is considered ancient and archaic. Desert dust would be the emptiness of said industry, and diamond lit sky to me would be the music stars that remain history, sky high, out of reach. Just my personal interpretation of those few lines. I LOVE THIS SONG.