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.
I heard you late last night
You know you talk too much
Not everything comes through these walls
But just enough
To hear the things that I don't want to hear
I heard you late last night
I wish I had my distance
I hear you crash around and say
That no one listens
I wish that I would hear you say goodnight
Nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
I heard you late last night
You were in such a hurry
Not a sound behind these walls
Makes me worry
I wish that I could hear you say goodnight
Nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
Say goodnight...
Say goodnight...
Nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
You know you talk too much
Not everything comes through these walls
But just enough
To hear the things that I don't want to hear
I heard you late last night
I wish I had my distance
I hear you crash around and say
That no one listens
I wish that I would hear you say goodnight
Nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
I heard you late last night
You were in such a hurry
Not a sound behind these walls
Makes me worry
I wish that I could hear you say goodnight
Nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
Say goodnight...
Say goodnight...
Nobody cares
Especially me
But I can't help myself
As I fall asleep
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Say goodnight and turn me on
Turn out the lights
Turn back the sheets
Turn me on
Lyrics submitted by Madame Me
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"I heard you late last night You know you talk too much Not everything comes through these walls But just enough To hear the things that I don't want to hear
I heard you late last night I wish I had my distance I hear you crash around and say That no one listens I wish that I would hear you say goodnight
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which leads me to believe that the person in the other room that this voice is speaking about maybe has some problems, and the voice speaking may try to convince him/herself that "nobody cares, especially me," but he/she really does, and would really like to help the other out with their emotional/mental troubles.
The second voice:
"I heard you late last night You were in such a hurry Not a sound behind these walls Makes me worry I wish that I could hear you say goodnight
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is the voice from the other room, which, every night, hears the other person leaving in a hurry for what I can only assume is a date with a different person. This voice is either in love or at least just interested in the other, and they, too, try to convice themself that "nobody cares, especially me," but deep down, they are jealous and want to be taken out by the other.
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Nobody cares Especially me But I can't help myself As I fall asleep Turn out the lights Turn back the sheets Say goodnight and turn me on Turn out the lights Turn back the sheets Turn me on"
which would be when the two meet. The first voice would go to the other room to tell the other person to be quiet, and then they would have crazy, raunchy sex... or just go to sleep. I haven't quite decided that part yet.
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But maybe it is just about masturbating. Who knows?