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.
The mechanical wonder is
It's just a noise in my room
And I'm chasing the wonder and
It's just a hole in my tune
And the radio plays but it
But it don't sing a song
And the mechanical thunder is
What is all going wrong
And I walk down the road and I
I awake in a tune
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my room
And we rode it once
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
All machines make our lives today
And I like them the best
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my head
And the radio plays at me
But it don't sing a song
But the mechanical wonder is
Ah, it's all going wrong
And they rode it once ("and we rode it once" on last chorus)
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
And we keep on through
It's where the road don't roar
Where the farm once stood
Where the union crawls, big time
The machines that I'm walking from
Though they play in the songs
And the dreams that your holding on
Don't run for so long
So I'm hiding machines away
But I keep them for you
But the things that you want to say
It's just a noise in my room
And I look at the picture now
And there's a weight on us all
But the mechanical wonder is
It's a cure one and all
It's just a noise in my room
And I'm chasing the wonder and
It's just a hole in my tune
And the radio plays but it
But it don't sing a song
And the mechanical thunder is
What is all going wrong
And I walk down the road and I
I awake in a tune
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my room
And we rode it once
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
All machines make our lives today
And I like them the best
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my head
And the radio plays at me
But it don't sing a song
But the mechanical wonder is
Ah, it's all going wrong
And they rode it once ("and we rode it once" on last chorus)
On a thundering night
So I walk with you
Where the locks take flight
And we keep on through
It's where the road don't roar
Where the farm once stood
Where the union crawls, big time
The machines that I'm walking from
Though they play in the songs
And the dreams that your holding on
Don't run for so long
So I'm hiding machines away
But I keep them for you
But the things that you want to say
It's just a noise in my room
And I look at the picture now
And there's a weight on us all
But the mechanical wonder is
It's a cure one and all
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Mechanical Wonder Lyrics as written by Oscar Lloyd Harrison Damon Minchella
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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