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.
How the mind does shout for rest
When the body is shaken, yeah
Oh, this tightness in my chest
Still your leaves I'm raking
Oh Lord, is this a test?
Was it fun creating, yeah?
My god's a little sick
And he wants me crazy
Who
Are you
Who can say
It's okay to live through me?
Live to be
Part of me
You're a wrinkled magazine
Yeah
Was it something that I said?
Was it how they're breaking, yeah?
I'm so selfish, paying your rent
While your blood I'm taking
You
Spend me
Like a tree
Dirty dollar bills for leaves
Dark in a sea
Of my seeds
And the tears on which you feed
You feed
Your body is a temple
A dormant alter
To where infantile men lie around
Itching and nibbling
Hoping for a small piece of sanity
That of which you can not give
Shit!
Individuality
Buying penance with my soul
And a little Heaven spent
Why the hell not take it?
Thieves
Parasites
Hide from life
You know they'll remember me
They are abhorred
In self-worth
All that matters much to me, yeah
When the body is shaken, yeah
Oh, this tightness in my chest
Still your leaves I'm raking
Oh Lord, is this a test?
Was it fun creating, yeah?
My god's a little sick
And he wants me crazy
Who
Are you
Who can say
It's okay to live through me?
Live to be
Part of me
You're a wrinkled magazine
Yeah
Was it something that I said?
Was it how they're breaking, yeah?
I'm so selfish, paying your rent
While your blood I'm taking
You
Spend me
Like a tree
Dirty dollar bills for leaves
Dark in a sea
Of my seeds
And the tears on which you feed
You feed
Your body is a temple
A dormant alter
To where infantile men lie around
Itching and nibbling
Hoping for a small piece of sanity
That of which you can not give
Shit!
Individuality
Buying penance with my soul
And a little Heaven spent
Why the hell not take it?
Thieves
Parasites
Hide from life
You know they'll remember me
They are abhorred
In self-worth
All that matters much to me, yeah
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This song is a reference to the media and Layne's abhorrence toward journalists and their invasion into his privacy and his life. It has nothing to do with his father, family, girlfriend, etc.
In the beginning, he is referring to his state of mind and his physical being however, who are they, the media, to write about it, fact or fiction, and sell millions of copies at his expense? Hence, the verse, "Who, are you, who can say, it's okay to live through me. Live to be, part of me, you're a wrinkled magazine." He's upset, and rightly so, that they are writing unflattering and at times untrue articles about him, making so much money off these articles and it's all negative BS.
The media only would write about his weaknesses and flaws and did not concentrate on his talents and abilities. "I'm so selfish paying you're rent..."
"You spend me like a tree, dirty dollar bills for leaves." refers to the same - the media is making $$ off their articles in his regard but it's all dirty money earned to Layne. He did not authorize the journalists to write about his problems.
If you've ever granted permission to be interviewed by a newspaper or magazine, you'd know this: they twist your words in order to sell more copies. It's all about revenue. He refers to the media as parasites, one organism that lives and thrives off another species, the host, from which they gain their nutrients. There you go!! "You know they'll remember me. They are abhorred in self-worth. All that matters much to me."
In the end, Layne will be remembered and they will be hated.... that's all that matters to him.