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.
back then
we wished that we were older
waiting for the summer
everything was new, when everything was fun
she would come over and slip into the water
i wonder if she knew that she was the one, everybody wanted,
every night she haunted us in our dreams then you wake up all alone
all's fair in love and war, til it feels like you're dying alone
Tears turn to waterfalls but I I'd taste tears over nothing at all
now, we wish that we were younger
that feeling of the hunger, to want to try everything and anything we want
frustration and the anger, never thinking of the danger or how we'd make it through
never thinking someone won't
all's fair in love and war, til it feels like you're dying alone
tears turn to waterfalls but I'd taste tears over nothing at all
the fun never ends
fun never ends,
the fun never ends
til you bury a friend, til you bury a friend, til you bury a friend
now, we wish that we were younger
that feeling of the hunger, to want to try everything and anything we want
frustration and the anger, never thinking of the danger,
or how we'd make it through
never thinking someone won't
all's fair in love and war, til it feels like you're dying alone
tears turn to waterfalls but I'd taste tears over nothing at all
fun never ends ... fun never ends ... fun never ends
til you bury a friend, bury a friend, bury a friend
til you bury a friend, bury a friend, bury a friend
til you bury a friend, bury a friend, bury a friend
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