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.
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Life's complications and frustrations
They disappear when the music starts playing
I found a place where it feels alright
I heard a record and it opened my eyes
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
And nothing else matters when I turn it up loud
There was the one definitive moment
Well, did it mean it to you, did it mean it to you?
There was that one definitive moment
When it was something, it was something, it was something new
Life's complications and frustrations
They disappear when the music starts playing
I found a place where it feels alright
I heard a record and it opened my eyes
Did it mean it to you?
Do you remember when we couldn't put away?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
And nothing else matters, yeah nothing else matters
When I turn it up loud
Yeah nothing else matters when I turn it up loud
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Life's complications and frustrations
They disappear when the music starts playing
I found a place where it feels alright
I heard a record and it opened my eyes
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
And nothing else matters when I turn it up loud
There was the one definitive moment
Well, did it mean it to you, did it mean it to you?
There was that one definitive moment
When it was something, it was something, it was something new
Life's complications and frustrations
They disappear when the music starts playing
I found a place where it feels alright
I heard a record and it opened my eyes
Did it mean it to you?
Do you remember when we couldn't put away?
Do you remember when we couldn't put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
Do you remember what the music meant?
And nothing else matters, yeah nothing else matters
When I turn it up loud
Yeah nothing else matters when I turn it up loud
Lyrics submitted by iwannabeinjfc
Speakers Push the Air Lyrics as written by Jason Crowe Clark Nathan Patrick Johnson
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Sentric Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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i really like this song :D
This song's great...Guy and girl singers, yet the girls the leader. It's a lot like my band.
i saw the video it was cooland when they came on i saw they were on the Lookout! Records (The Label Op Ivy Was On) Nad I Saw The Drummer Has A Palo Alto T Shirt Makes Me Seem I Like Them More Since They Came Free The Bay Area. I When Read The Lyrics It Makes Me Like Even More The Song Means To Is That The Song Is About Music That We Listened To When We Listened To Out Music And How Problems Went Away When We Listened To Music
zing boom!
the video is interesting...
the song is pretty damn cool...
i havn't seen the video but this band kicks more butt than a kickatron 9000 in an ass-kicking contest, i think this perticular song is about really enjoying and feeing the music (as in music in general), like totally immersing yourself in it so that "nothing else matters".
right so pretty girls make graves rocks my fucking world. i happened to be at a saves the day show at slim's (sf) and these guys were there and i was blown away. i bought their full length after i saw em, and this song defines my exact fellings for the rest of the album. (and saves the day...yeah. um. didn't do so well.)
where've you guys seen the video? please dont say mtv..
This song is exactly how i feel about music. and i am glad to say that these guys are from my hometown.
i havent seen the video, but if it was on MTV i'll shoot myself....
this song is exactly how i felt when i heard the song that changed my life. thats what its about.
i doubt it was on MTV. i mean, c'mon think about guys. MTV=pop...Pretty Girls Make Graves=not pop. if it was you can shoot me. tips her hat
where's my gun?