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.
Give me anything yeah and I can handle it
Call me a psychic and I'll channel
Just a little bit of all that shit
And you can help me knock it down brick by brick
See how it goes see how it flows
See I'm beginning to think you're the only one that knows
As the night progresses as the night moves on
All your worries are gone because the night ain't long
Chorus:
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
Tonight there won't be a quiet room
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
Tonight there won't be a quiet room
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
Tonight there won't be a quiet room
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
1:00 AM I take the time to look back
With my good times nights and my picture sack
My problems are known all my worries are clean
My friends my family my girl they weren't just a dream
And when I sit back to take my swill in
I grab my blue funny funnel and then I win
I'll be blasting loud and giving us the sting
We're loving everything everything every everything
Chorus 1
Chorus 2:
Sitting in the quiet room and I'm feeling OK (I'm feeling OK)
Coming to see it all it's just another 'nother day (It's just another day)
But put me in the quiet room and I begin to feel small (Very very small)
Tonight's the kind of night where we gotta spread those walls
Chorus 2
Chorus 2
Chorus 2
Chorus
Call me a psychic and I'll channel
Just a little bit of all that shit
And you can help me knock it down brick by brick
See how it goes see how it flows
See I'm beginning to think you're the only one that knows
As the night progresses as the night moves on
All your worries are gone because the night ain't long
Chorus:
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
Tonight there won't be a quiet room
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
Tonight there won't be a quiet room
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
Tonight there won't be a quiet room
Don't be the kid in the quiet room
1:00 AM I take the time to look back
With my good times nights and my picture sack
My problems are known all my worries are clean
My friends my family my girl they weren't just a dream
And when I sit back to take my swill in
I grab my blue funny funnel and then I win
I'll be blasting loud and giving us the sting
We're loving everything everything every everything
Chorus 1
Chorus 2:
Sitting in the quiet room and I'm feeling OK (I'm feeling OK)
Coming to see it all it's just another 'nother day (It's just another day)
But put me in the quiet room and I begin to feel small (Very very small)
Tonight's the kind of night where we gotta spread those walls
Chorus 2
Chorus 2
Chorus 2
Chorus
Lyrics submitted by Co and Ca
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