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.
It's warm out tonite
But I'm freezing
She said she's moving out
But there's just no good reason
I tried to tell her not to go
I turned the fire up
But it's still twenty below
Whatever happened to the girl I used to know?
Her sunny summer breeze
Turned to frigid blasts of ice and snow
Her stares are ice
And her shoulder's turning cold
What did I do to make her mercury start dropping low
It's not the first time that he's lied to me before
But I know I've had enough
I won't listen to him anymore
If he wants someone else why won't he tell me so?
Cos I'm left out in the cold
And the temperature is twenty below
Cold showers warm me up from nights we spent in bed
That's not lipstick on my collar
And I don't know any pretty redheads
Her accusations sending cold chills up my spine
And I'll always tell the truth
Because melted snowmen never lie
It's not the first time that he's lied to me before
But I know I've had enough
I won't listen to him anymore
If he wants someone else why won't he tell me so?
Cos I'm left out in the cold
And the temperature is twenty below
Twenty below our love is freezing
Why should we carry on if there's just no good reason?
Our frozen tears have turned to snow
My love can't make a spark when your hearts twenty below
Twenty below our love is freezing
Why should we carry on if there's just no good reason?
Our frozen tears have turned to snow
My love can't make a spark when your hearts twenty below
But I'm freezing
She said she's moving out
But there's just no good reason
I tried to tell her not to go
I turned the fire up
But it's still twenty below
Whatever happened to the girl I used to know?
Her sunny summer breeze
Turned to frigid blasts of ice and snow
Her stares are ice
And her shoulder's turning cold
What did I do to make her mercury start dropping low
It's not the first time that he's lied to me before
But I know I've had enough
I won't listen to him anymore
If he wants someone else why won't he tell me so?
Cos I'm left out in the cold
And the temperature is twenty below
Cold showers warm me up from nights we spent in bed
That's not lipstick on my collar
And I don't know any pretty redheads
Her accusations sending cold chills up my spine
And I'll always tell the truth
Because melted snowmen never lie
It's not the first time that he's lied to me before
But I know I've had enough
I won't listen to him anymore
If he wants someone else why won't he tell me so?
Cos I'm left out in the cold
And the temperature is twenty below
Twenty below our love is freezing
Why should we carry on if there's just no good reason?
Our frozen tears have turned to snow
My love can't make a spark when your hearts twenty below
Twenty below our love is freezing
Why should we carry on if there's just no good reason?
Our frozen tears have turned to snow
My love can't make a spark when your hearts twenty below
Lyrics submitted by Madame Me
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This song is very cute. It's so sad that they are drifting apart, but thats what happens when you cant trust one another...i hope this will never happen to me.:s
i love the girls voice in this song... and i can totally relate to this song sigh
i love this song. my exgirlfriend was cheating on me the whole lentgh of our relationship, then blamed our breakup on me. anyway, on the girls part, the last line is, "and my temperature is twenty below".
sorry about that last comment. my dumbass of a roommate was using my computer. good song though. i think the lyrics here are right. he's a dumbass....
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Those are by far the worsy lyrics I have ever heard.
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I can't even find it.
_Worst_songever
(Not worsy)