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.
Goals turned toward consumption away from the way we think.
We're more concerned about what's in our pockets than the water that we drink.
Apathy increasing where skepticism once prevailed.
Ignorance covering the youth like a bride's white veil.
It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time
In our politics and our schools, now it's time to wake up, before we end up fools.
Convenience is the rule, in life from day to day.
Reduction of ambition is becoming the way.
Education lowers its standards in an attempt to be fair.
Lack of encouragement causes students not to care.
It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time
In our politics and our schools, now it's time to wake up, before we end up fools.
Wake up and smell the coffee, separate the fiction from the fact.
Look at the world today and you'll see it's time to act.
Changing one's actions is certainly a start
But only if the change comes truly from the heart.
It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time
In our politics and our schools, now it's time to wake up, before we end up fools.
We're more concerned about what's in our pockets than the water that we drink.
Apathy increasing where skepticism once prevailed.
Ignorance covering the youth like a bride's white veil.
It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time
In our politics and our schools, now it's time to wake up, before we end up fools.
Convenience is the rule, in life from day to day.
Reduction of ambition is becoming the way.
Education lowers its standards in an attempt to be fair.
Lack of encouragement causes students not to care.
It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time
In our politics and our schools, now it's time to wake up, before we end up fools.
Wake up and smell the coffee, separate the fiction from the fact.
Look at the world today and you'll see it's time to act.
Changing one's actions is certainly a start
But only if the change comes truly from the heart.
It's the blind leading the blind, happens all the time
In our politics and our schools, now it's time to wake up, before we end up fools.
Lyrics submitted by hold2thecore
Blind Leading the Blind Lyrics as written by Dave Stewart Mick Jagger
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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