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.
Four hundred of my closest friends
Forgotten names that I pretend
To know, it hasn't even been that long
So how you've been?
You look the same
Remember when the doughboys played
At gillman's and they broke up on your lawn?
And I wish it could always be like this
It's something I've been missing
It's not too late
To change what you've become
The last time I saw everyone
We buried our friend and his gun
I think he'd be happy here right now
Don't be jaded
I don't want to spend another long
And lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think
And I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
I forgot how good it feels
To be pat of a spinning wheel
supporting and supporting on and on
forget the judgment and the game
forget the shit talk and the shame
you will only be young for so long
And I wish it could always be like this
It's something I've been missing
It's not too late
To change what you've become
The last time I saw everyone
We buried our friend and his gun
I think he'd be happy here right now
Don't be jaded
I don't want to spend another long
And lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think
And I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
'Cause life can be so dull
Life can be so dull
Oh, life can be so dull
I don't want to spend another long
And lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think
And I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
'Cause life can be so dull
Forgotten names that I pretend
To know, it hasn't even been that long
So how you've been?
You look the same
Remember when the doughboys played
At gillman's and they broke up on your lawn?
And I wish it could always be like this
It's something I've been missing
It's not too late
To change what you've become
The last time I saw everyone
We buried our friend and his gun
I think he'd be happy here right now
Don't be jaded
I don't want to spend another long
And lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think
And I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
I forgot how good it feels
To be pat of a spinning wheel
supporting and supporting on and on
forget the judgment and the game
forget the shit talk and the shame
you will only be young for so long
And I wish it could always be like this
It's something I've been missing
It's not too late
To change what you've become
The last time I saw everyone
We buried our friend and his gun
I think he'd be happy here right now
Don't be jaded
I don't want to spend another long
And lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think
And I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
'Cause life can be so dull
Life can be so dull
Oh, life can be so dull
I don't want to spend another long
And lonely weekend by the phone
Without anyone to call
I've had a lot of time to think
And I'm so tired of thinking
I know why he put that bullet in his skull
'Cause life can be so dull
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