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, it's 3 AM, I'm out here riding again
Through the wicked winding streets of my world
I make a wrong turn, brake it now, I'm too far gone
I got a siren on my tail
And that ain't the fine I'm looking for
I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale
Where my secrets echo all around
You know me now but to do better than that
You've got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Through my world
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna kick and slide?
Through my world
Well, I've got a mind full of wicked designs
I've got a non-stop hole in my head imagination
I'm in a building that has two thousand floors
And when they all fall down
I think you know it's you they're fallin' for
I can't forget I am a soul architect
I built the shadows here
I built the growl in the voice, I fear
You add it up, but to do better than that
You've got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Through my world
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world
Hey pretty
My pretty baby
Rocket through my world (see through my world)
Hey pretty (hey pretty)
My pretty baby
Rocket through my world (my world)
Hey now
Can't you feel me longing?
(D-D-Do you get the gist of the song now?)
Hey now
Can't you feel me?
(Feel me now)
Hey pretty (hey pretty, hey pretty)
(My pretty baby)
Hey pretty baby
Don't you want to take a ride with me?
Don't you want to take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
My pretty baby
(Don't you wanna)
Rocket through my world (my world)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me? (my baby)
Don't you wanna (my baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Do you get the gist of the song now?
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Do you get the gist of the song now?
My pretty baby
Through the wicked winding streets of my world
I make a wrong turn, brake it now, I'm too far gone
I got a siren on my tail
And that ain't the fine I'm looking for
I see a stairway so I follow it down
Into the belly of a whale
Where my secrets echo all around
You know me now but to do better than that
You've got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Through my world
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna kick and slide?
Through my world
Well, I've got a mind full of wicked designs
I've got a non-stop hole in my head imagination
I'm in a building that has two thousand floors
And when they all fall down
I think you know it's you they're fallin' for
I can't forget I am a soul architect
I built the shadows here
I built the growl in the voice, I fear
You add it up, but to do better than that
You've got to follow me
Boy, I'm trying to show you where I'm at
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Through my world
Hey pretty
Don't you wanna kick and slide
Through my world
Hey pretty
My pretty baby
Rocket through my world (see through my world)
Hey pretty (hey pretty)
My pretty baby
Rocket through my world (my world)
Hey now
Can't you feel me longing?
(D-D-Do you get the gist of the song now?)
Hey now
Can't you feel me?
(Feel me now)
Hey pretty (hey pretty, hey pretty)
(My pretty baby)
Hey pretty baby
Don't you want to take a ride with me?
Don't you want to take a ride with me?
(My baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
(My baby)
My pretty baby
(Don't you wanna)
Rocket through my world (my world)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me? (my baby)
Don't you wanna (my baby)
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Do you get the gist of the song now?
Don't you wanna take a ride with me?
Do you get the gist of the song now?
My pretty baby
Lyrics submitted by alkalinegirl
Hey Pretty Lyrics as written by Mathew Wilder Annie Danielewski
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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