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.
His liver damaged in the wreck
The windshield shattered
All for an instant fleeting like cars from the street
Cat tops spin across the highway and horses die in backseats
Don't blink now
I know I can't talk man, but I understand
Any way I look at him my love, you've got to come back soon it's not fair
They choke your neck with a seatbelt that meant to help
Break it apart
Misunderstand me
Flash this evening on the sky screen
Drive to Vegas and get yourself hitched
If I live through my imperfections - two glass decades and you're still angry - I don't want to be your friend anymore
We turned a wheel that raised a wall and made this living world turn red
But I'm not scared
I pulled my arms from the fence where I leapt
Violet...
Like rain returning (...Violet...) back to the earth from a cloud
Falling down makes you squint as it hits your glasses lens
I set a trap, caught myself
So I surrender
That's what I did
It wasn't there
No, no, n-n-no, it wasn't there
I looked, I looked
I looked everywhere
The girl I lived for Saturdays she watched this brilliant star grow faint
But it's not there - It's not there
I made this light to give to you
No matter what you do
I've been storing up these words to pour like rain like peace upon your perfect head
Illuminate you, stardrenched lover
I surrender
She wore a charm (She wore a charm)
A necklace that you had tied (She tied it)
Before that night I drowned you in a reservoir
And all the world a twirling top - it will be yours to stop
The windshield shattered
All for an instant fleeting like cars from the street
Cat tops spin across the highway and horses die in backseats
Don't blink now
I know I can't talk man, but I understand
Any way I look at him my love, you've got to come back soon it's not fair
They choke your neck with a seatbelt that meant to help
Break it apart
Misunderstand me
Flash this evening on the sky screen
Drive to Vegas and get yourself hitched
If I live through my imperfections - two glass decades and you're still angry - I don't want to be your friend anymore
We turned a wheel that raised a wall and made this living world turn red
But I'm not scared
I pulled my arms from the fence where I leapt
Violet...
Like rain returning (...Violet...) back to the earth from a cloud
Falling down makes you squint as it hits your glasses lens
I set a trap, caught myself
So I surrender
That's what I did
It wasn't there
No, no, n-n-no, it wasn't there
I looked, I looked
I looked everywhere
The girl I lived for Saturdays she watched this brilliant star grow faint
But it's not there - It's not there
I made this light to give to you
No matter what you do
I've been storing up these words to pour like rain like peace upon your perfect head
Illuminate you, stardrenched lover
I surrender
She wore a charm (She wore a charm)
A necklace that you had tied (She tied it)
Before that night I drowned you in a reservoir
And all the world a twirling top - it will be yours to stop
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'And all the world a twirling top - it will be yours to stop' i love that line.
'And all the world a twirling top - it will be yours to stop' i love that line.
I love this song so damn much. :-) It was such a wonderful surprise to hear Conor when I first listened to this song...
i love the contrast between joe and conor's voices.
precisely. i'm rather fond of the words, though haven't a clue what to make of them. the song remains, nonetheless, one of my favourites of all time. ever. times two.
"But I'm not scared I pulled my arms from the fence where I leapt" Wow, he can hit the high note. I absolutlely LOVE this part of the song! (Just don't try to sing along to it!)
beautiful song.
Joe and Conor always sound best together. It's the best pair of voices. For some reason my favorite part is "Break it up, misunderstand me." and of course the harmonizing. Is Violet the girl's name?
Joe and Conor always sound best together. It's the best pair of voices. For some reason my favorite part is "Break it up, misunderstand me." and of course the harmonizing. Is Violet the girl's name?
this song is about joe's fascination with the color wheel, but most importantly the color "violet"