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.
Well you would think this life would make me bolder
But I'm running scared is all
Well I hang on everything about you
You think I'd settle down 'cause I'm older
But I roll with the changes is all
Well I'm same old trailer trash in new shoes
She gets sad when there's nothing going on
She says it makes her feel damn worthless
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
I put my hands around your shoulder
You're saying you're scared is all
I think I know too much about you
You think this life would make me colder
I'd give in to the alcohol
I put my loving arms around you, child
You knew damn well there was nothing going on
Is that what makes you feel damn worthless
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
You got to think, with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
Yeah well she drags you down and she pulls you up
She pulls you up
Says that she's sorry now but it's not enough
To pull you up
She's sorry
I wake up quick just like I want to
Yeah but I stay out much too late
You think this life can get a bit unkind but she stays
Down till the worth is gone
And pulls you up, she pulls you up,
She pulls you up and over, over
You got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
You got to think, with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Well you got to think with a girl like that
You got to think with a girl like that
Well, thank her.
But I'm running scared is all
Well I hang on everything about you
You think I'd settle down 'cause I'm older
But I roll with the changes is all
Well I'm same old trailer trash in new shoes
She gets sad when there's nothing going on
She says it makes her feel damn worthless
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
I put my hands around your shoulder
You're saying you're scared is all
I think I know too much about you
You think this life would make me colder
I'd give in to the alcohol
I put my loving arms around you, child
You knew damn well there was nothing going on
Is that what makes you feel damn worthless
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
You got to think, with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
Yeah well she drags you down and she pulls you up
She pulls you up
Says that she's sorry now but it's not enough
To pull you up
She's sorry
I wake up quick just like I want to
Yeah but I stay out much too late
You think this life can get a bit unkind but she stays
Down till the worth is gone
And pulls you up, she pulls you up,
She pulls you up and over, over
You got to think with a girl like that
Any love at all is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
You got to think, with a girl like that
Any love at all, is better than nothing
It's better than nothing
Well you got to think with a girl like that
Well you got to think with a girl like that
You got to think with a girl like that
Well, thank her.
Lyrics submitted by punkmebabygal
Girl Like That Lyrics as written by Rob Thomas
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I think you're all right, but I wanna add something. This line here:
"I put my hands around your shoulder You're saying you're scared is all I think I know too much about you..."
I think what it is is she's saying that she's just scared, and it might imply that she does this often with different emotions, and he's saying that he knows too much about her in the sense that he knows something's wrong but she won't say. Then it seems he figures out what was bugging her with the dragging down and pulling up, because:
"Yeah she drags you down and she pulls you up She pulls you up Says that she's sorry now but it's not enough To pull you up She's sorry..."
It seems she must've dumped him or something, and she says she's sorry, but it isn't enough to make it better. This line really solidifies that idea:
"And pulls you up, she pulls you up, She pulls you up and over, over..."
The "over" thing means one of two things. Either she pulls him over a "hill" of sorts, where she pulls him back up and they make it through, or it literally means that they're relationship is over. I like to think of it in the sense of the latter.
That whole thing might be a little too analytical, but if I think of the song like that, then it fits ME more, which I like to do with songs a lot, as I'm sure we all do.