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 confess it's all true.
I'm a mess, what a fool
Now what do I do
I need your help to get up from my knees
I can't seem to see the forest for the trees
As I wait in my silent misery
All I'm asking is please, forgive me
Now she knows me
She wants me to be
Someone I can't be
And she wants me
And she needs me
And she wants me
Because she loves me
Shattered
Now you see inside
I no longer hide
Or fall between the cracks you left behind
Shattered, now you're out of time
You've come this far to be denied
What a shame, I'm to blame
I'm a mess, what a fool
Now what do I do
I need your help to get up from my knees
I can't seem to see the forest for the trees
As I wait in my silent misery
All I'm asking is please, forgive me
Now she knows me
She wants me to be
Someone I can't be
And she wants me
And she needs me
And she wants me
Because she loves me
Shattered
Now you see inside
I no longer hide
Or fall between the cracks you left behind
Shattered, now you're out of time
You've come this far to be denied
What a shame, I'm to blame
Lyrics submitted by punkmebabygal
What a Mess Lyrics as written by Mark J Beauchemin Jeffrey E Reid
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"I confess it's all true. I'm a mess, what a fool Now what do I do" (this part was like accepting what many of my friends had noticed, that not everything was going right and it was my fault)
"I need your help to get up from my knees I can't seem to see the forest for the trees As I wait in my silent misery All I'm asking is please...forgive me" (Again, directed to my friends who could help me to stand andfrom whom I wanted to be forgiven)
"Now she knows me She wants me to be Someone I can't be ...and she wants me ...and she needs me ...and she wants me Because she loves me" (This part, totally true, she was getting into me deeply and I couldn't be that guy she wanted me to be, or who she thought I was)
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"Now you see inside I no longer hide Or fall between the cracks you left behind Shattered, now you're out of time You've come this far to be denied What a shame, I'm to blame" (this was when we finally broke up, I no longer hid what I felt and she was denied; her being shattered was only my fault and only I was to blame).
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