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.
REMY SHAND LYRICS
Take A Message
How did she fall in love?
Tired and shaken up
Could it be hanging around's enough?
No one was fooling when they told about the sense in sensibility in moving on.
All that I see is that we live in life
Did you fail when you found that you paid the price?
Hope it wasn't lost in an honest truth
so, the past doesn't break all that we'd been through
Every little thing what you did was right
but, who knows what you did on that day you cried endlessly
Oh you cried endlessly
Take a message from my love
What could I say to you?
Oh, when making the waves was left unconscious
I didn't mean to tell you why. oh why?
But you harbored all defenses
And you're making it hard to bring that hope back for you and I
All that I see is that we livin' life
Did you fail when you found that you paid the price?
Hope it wasn't lost in an honest truth
so the past doesn't break all that we'd been through
Every little thing what you did was right
but, who knows what you did on that day you cried endlessly
Oh you cried endlessly
Take a message from my love
Take A Message
How did she fall in love?
Tired and shaken up
Could it be hanging around's enough?
No one was fooling when they told about the sense in sensibility in moving on.
All that I see is that we live in life
Did you fail when you found that you paid the price?
Hope it wasn't lost in an honest truth
so, the past doesn't break all that we'd been through
Every little thing what you did was right
but, who knows what you did on that day you cried endlessly
Oh you cried endlessly
Take a message from my love
What could I say to you?
Oh, when making the waves was left unconscious
I didn't mean to tell you why. oh why?
But you harbored all defenses
And you're making it hard to bring that hope back for you and I
All that I see is that we livin' life
Did you fail when you found that you paid the price?
Hope it wasn't lost in an honest truth
so the past doesn't break all that we'd been through
Every little thing what you did was right
but, who knows what you did on that day you cried endlessly
Oh you cried endlessly
Take a message from my love
Lyrics submitted by suzyq
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