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.
To begin but not complete
To sleep but not to wake
To always be lost and
Never find the way
No thoughts or memory
No hope or tragedy
A mirror waits for a
Reflection of a face
To hit the ground and know
The sound
Trial by mistake
Death's a crown we wear
Around
Like a smile on a face
They will never hate or
Lie
They will never break or
Try
They will never break or
Cry
They will never wave
Goodbye
A silence that would not
Break
The loss of a face
The face of a woman that
Arrived much too late
I break down and she sees
The clowns
I used to hide away
Death to clowns all their
Crowns
And the smiles on their
Face
They will never break or
Try
They will never hate or
Lie
They will never say or
Smile
They will never break or
Cry
Neenah Menasha will wait
Neenah Menasha . Neenah
Menasha
Will wait
I break down and she sees
The clowns
I used to hide away
Death to clowns and all
Their crowns
And the smiles on their
Face
They will never hate or
Lie
They will never break or
Try
They will never break or
Cry
They will never wave
Goodbye
To sleep but not to wake
To always be lost and
Never find the way
No thoughts or memory
No hope or tragedy
A mirror waits for a
Reflection of a face
To hit the ground and know
The sound
Trial by mistake
Death's a crown we wear
Around
Like a smile on a face
They will never hate or
Lie
They will never break or
Try
They will never break or
Cry
They will never wave
Goodbye
A silence that would not
Break
The loss of a face
The face of a woman that
Arrived much too late
I break down and she sees
The clowns
I used to hide away
Death to clowns all their
Crowns
And the smiles on their
Face
They will never break or
Try
They will never hate or
Lie
They will never say or
Smile
They will never break or
Cry
Neenah Menasha will wait
Neenah Menasha . Neenah
Menasha
Will wait
I break down and she sees
The clowns
I used to hide away
Death to clowns and all
Their crowns
And the smiles on their
Face
They will never hate or
Lie
They will never break or
Try
They will never break or
Cry
They will never wave
Goodbye
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Neenah Menasha Lyrics as written by Timothy Cross Michael Cross
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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They are Indian words. Used together they mean "water takes it away". If that is the meaning they were going for, I assume that "neenah menasha will wait" means that the cleansing of his failures from his life will have to wait.