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.
There's a way I feel right now
Wish you'd help me, don't know how
We're all nuts so who helps who
Some help when no one's got a clue
Baby, why don't we?
Baby, why don't we?
There's a place I'd like to go
When you get there then I'll know
There's a place I know you've been
Here's a wagon, get on it
Baby, why don't we? x4
Why don't we?
On't see me, you won't see me
There you are and here I stand
Tryin' to make you feel my hand
You won't see me you won't see me
I ring the doorbell in your mind
But it's locked from the outside
You won't see me you won't see me
You don't live there anyway but I knock on it all day
You won't see me, you won't see me
There's a place I go but
You're not there and I'm supposed to know
How to get to
Where you're gonna be but you don't even know
So I'm flakin' while you're shakin' it
With every stone
You fly without a mind, without a spine
What is it that you wanna find?
There's a place I go but you're not there
And I'm supposed to know
How to get to where you're gonna be
But you don't even know
So I'm flalin' while you're sailin' off without a course in mind
Without a mind, without a dock
What is it that you wanna find
There's a place I'd like to go
When you get there then I'll know
There's a place I know you've been
Here's a wagon, get on
Baby, why don't we? baby, why don't we? why don't we?
You won't see me you won't see me
There you are and here I stand tryin' to make you feel my hand
You won't see me you won't see me
I ring the doorbell in your mind but it's locked from the outside
You won't see me you won't see me
You don't live there anyway but I knock on it all day
You won't see me you won't see me
Wish you'd help me, don't know how
We're all nuts so who helps who
Some help when no one's got a clue
Baby, why don't we?
Baby, why don't we?
There's a place I'd like to go
When you get there then I'll know
There's a place I know you've been
Here's a wagon, get on it
Baby, why don't we? x4
Why don't we?
On't see me, you won't see me
There you are and here I stand
Tryin' to make you feel my hand
You won't see me you won't see me
I ring the doorbell in your mind
But it's locked from the outside
You won't see me you won't see me
You don't live there anyway but I knock on it all day
You won't see me, you won't see me
There's a place I go but
You're not there and I'm supposed to know
How to get to
Where you're gonna be but you don't even know
So I'm flakin' while you're shakin' it
With every stone
You fly without a mind, without a spine
What is it that you wanna find?
There's a place I go but you're not there
And I'm supposed to know
How to get to where you're gonna be
But you don't even know
So I'm flalin' while you're sailin' off without a course in mind
Without a mind, without a dock
What is it that you wanna find
There's a place I'd like to go
When you get there then I'll know
There's a place I know you've been
Here's a wagon, get on
Baby, why don't we? baby, why don't we? why don't we?
You won't see me you won't see me
There you are and here I stand tryin' to make you feel my hand
You won't see me you won't see me
I ring the doorbell in your mind but it's locked from the outside
You won't see me you won't see me
You don't live there anyway but I knock on it all day
You won't see me you won't see me
Lyrics submitted by ShiverForMe
The Wagon Lyrics as written by Joseph Donald Mascis Jr
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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