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.
Gary and Melissa loved to make love
Loved to make love
Loved to make love
Over and over and over again
For the first few weeks of their relationship
They made love four or five times a night
They were really turned on for a while
Then, to heighten their passion
They bought sex books:
The Joy of Sex
The Sensuous Couple
The Joy of Sex: Part Two
The Kama Sutra
Even Yet Still More Joy of Sex
Popular Mechanics
Betty Crocker
Anything
They tried as many positions
As they were capable of physically
They were really turned on for a while
Then, to heighten their passion
They bought sex toys:
Ben Wah Balls
French Ticklers
Nipple clamps
Cock Rings
Whips and chains and bondage gear
Bowling Balls
Dildos
Vibrators
Watermelons
Commemorative Statuettes of Liberty
Anything
They were really turned on for a while
They set up a video camera
And taped themselves having sex
Then they watched it on the VCR
While having more sex
Then, to heighten their passion
Gary taped Melissa
Having sex with some of his friends
And Melissa taped Gary
Having sex with some of her friends
Then they watched it on the VCR
While having more sex
They were really turned on
As the years went by
Gary and Melissa became fine upstanding members
Of their community
Although they never married
Their relationship outlasted
All the marriages on their block
And they never fought
Except to heighten their passion
They had made an agreement
That when one of them died
The other would continue
To live with and make love to the corpse
But as luck would have it
They were both killed in a freak accident
And died at the exact same moment
Holding hands
Loved to make love
Loved to make love
Over and over and over again
For the first few weeks of their relationship
They made love four or five times a night
They were really turned on for a while
Then, to heighten their passion
They bought sex books:
The Joy of Sex
The Sensuous Couple
The Joy of Sex: Part Two
The Kama Sutra
Even Yet Still More Joy of Sex
Popular Mechanics
Betty Crocker
Anything
They tried as many positions
As they were capable of physically
They were really turned on for a while
Then, to heighten their passion
They bought sex toys:
Ben Wah Balls
French Ticklers
Nipple clamps
Cock Rings
Whips and chains and bondage gear
Bowling Balls
Dildos
Vibrators
Watermelons
Commemorative Statuettes of Liberty
Anything
They were really turned on for a while
They set up a video camera
And taped themselves having sex
Then they watched it on the VCR
While having more sex
Then, to heighten their passion
Gary taped Melissa
Having sex with some of his friends
And Melissa taped Gary
Having sex with some of her friends
Then they watched it on the VCR
While having more sex
They were really turned on
As the years went by
Gary and Melissa became fine upstanding members
Of their community
Although they never married
Their relationship outlasted
All the marriages on their block
And they never fought
Except to heighten their passion
They had made an agreement
That when one of them died
The other would continue
To live with and make love to the corpse
But as luck would have it
They were both killed in a freak accident
And died at the exact same moment
Holding hands
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
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