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.
come to see you at the mortuary,
you came 'round looking oh so scary
it was very very late at night,
and you gave me such a fright
we held hands to your lair
then you gave me that monster stare
being with you is like sucking on rotting vampire eyeballs!
I’ll be all right,
with your claws wrapped around me in the dark night,
I will let you impale me
picnic in the cemetery,
turn off the lights and scream BLOODY MARY!
took a bath in baby’s blood,
saw your mutilated body and I…fell…in…love.
last night I went to your grave,
I trusted you to behave!
I know why you weren’t there-
you spent the night in the witch’s lair.
I ripped her heart in two,
this is the gift to you
'cause I’m the only one who’ll put up with your rotting vampire eyeballs!
have fun with her while I am watching you
watch out, I’ll lure in a pit of boiling brew
you said no one was as creepy as me,
and we’d be together eternally
give me back my plate of maggots, I never told you…
but you look like…BOB SAGET!
found another to be mine,
his name is Frankenstein
and on our ceiling hangs
the head of your Miss Thang
I’ll caress his green skin,
and together we’ll live in sin
NOW I DON’T NEED YOUR ROTTING VAMPIRE EYEBALLS!!!!
he’s big, he’s mean,
and he’ll rip out your spine
and then your spleen,
and then it’s dinner time!
he bought me a guillotine,
that’s cause he’s so mean
and tonight on our date,
he’ll bring me a plate…
of your rotting vampire eyeballs.
you came 'round looking oh so scary
it was very very late at night,
and you gave me such a fright
we held hands to your lair
then you gave me that monster stare
being with you is like sucking on rotting vampire eyeballs!
I’ll be all right,
with your claws wrapped around me in the dark night,
I will let you impale me
picnic in the cemetery,
turn off the lights and scream BLOODY MARY!
took a bath in baby’s blood,
saw your mutilated body and I…fell…in…love.
last night I went to your grave,
I trusted you to behave!
I know why you weren’t there-
you spent the night in the witch’s lair.
I ripped her heart in two,
this is the gift to you
'cause I’m the only one who’ll put up with your rotting vampire eyeballs!
have fun with her while I am watching you
watch out, I’ll lure in a pit of boiling brew
you said no one was as creepy as me,
and we’d be together eternally
give me back my plate of maggots, I never told you…
but you look like…BOB SAGET!
found another to be mine,
his name is Frankenstein
and on our ceiling hangs
the head of your Miss Thang
I’ll caress his green skin,
and together we’ll live in sin
NOW I DON’T NEED YOUR ROTTING VAMPIRE EYEBALLS!!!!
he’s big, he’s mean,
and he’ll rip out your spine
and then your spleen,
and then it’s dinner time!
he bought me a guillotine,
that’s cause he’s so mean
and tonight on our date,
he’ll bring me a plate…
of your rotting vampire eyeballs.
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky
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