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 remember piano lessons
The hours in freezing rooms
Cruel ears and tiny hands
Destroying timeless tunes
She said there's too much out there
Too much already said
You'd better give up hoping
You're better off in bed
You don't need much to speak of
No class, no wit, no soul
Forget you own agenda
Get ready to be sold
I feel now like Christine Keeler
Sleepwalking in the rain
I didn't mean to lose direction
I didn't want that kind of fame
(Take your hands)
(Off my land)
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
And even though I got it all now
My only stupid dream
I see you and me together
And how it should have been
I remember piano lessons
Now everything seems clear
You waiting under streetlights
For dreams to disappear
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
(Take your hands)
(Off my land)
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
(Credit me with some intelligence)
(I come in value packs of ten)
The hours in freezing rooms
Cruel ears and tiny hands
Destroying timeless tunes
She said there's too much out there
Too much already said
You'd better give up hoping
You're better off in bed
You don't need much to speak of
No class, no wit, no soul
Forget you own agenda
Get ready to be sold
I feel now like Christine Keeler
Sleepwalking in the rain
I didn't mean to lose direction
I didn't want that kind of fame
(Take your hands)
(Off my land)
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
And even though I got it all now
My only stupid dream
I see you and me together
And how it should have been
I remember piano lessons
Now everything seems clear
You waiting under streetlights
For dreams to disappear
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
(Take your hands)
(Off my land)
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
Credit me with some intelligence
(If not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(In five varieties)
(Credit me with some intelligence)
(I come in value packs of ten)
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this song is amazing. a great and wonderful specimen of porcupine tree. i have to disagree the above song meaning. the lyrics in this song , signify his beginnings as a musician. i'd imagine the piano was the first instrument he learned, i know he thought himself the guitar and a few other instruments..but i think he's converying that his teacher and/or everyone else was telling him he couldnt do it. "too much already out there, too much already said". and his reply of credit me with soem intelligence here, i am multi-dimensional (value packs of 10, in 5 varieties) and i am not part of these paper thin artisits that rule the mainstream of music. i think everything else in this song can be tied to that theme..this song is great though, from one of their best albums (stupid dream)