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 see myself in the pouring home
I see the light come over known
I see myself in the pouring rain
I watch hope come over me
Here we are now, going to the East side
I pick up my friends and we start to ride
Ride all night and we ride all day
Some may come love and some may stay
Here we are in the pouring home
I watch the light man fallen comb
I watch a light move across the screen
I watch the light come over me
Here we are now going to the West side
Weapons in hand as we go for a ride
Some may come love and some may stay
Watching out for the sunny day, where
There's love and darkness and my sidearm
Hey élan élan
Here we are now going to the North side
I look at my friends as they start to ride
Ride all night and we ride all day
Looking out for the sunny day
Here we are now going to the South side
(To the South side)
I pick up my friends and we hope we won't die
(Hope we won't die)
Ride at night, ride through Heaven and Hell
(Heaven and Hell)
Come back love and I feel so well
(Feel so well)
I see the light come over known
I see myself in the pouring rain
I watch hope come over me
Here we are now, going to the East side
I pick up my friends and we start to ride
Ride all night and we ride all day
Some may come love and some may stay
Here we are in the pouring home
I watch the light man fallen comb
I watch a light move across the screen
I watch the light come over me
Here we are now going to the West side
Weapons in hand as we go for a ride
Some may come love and some may stay
Watching out for the sunny day, where
There's love and darkness and my sidearm
Hey élan élan
Here we are now going to the North side
I look at my friends as they start to ride
Ride all night and we ride all day
Looking out for the sunny day
Here we are now going to the South side
(To the South side)
I pick up my friends and we hope we won't die
(Hope we won't die)
Ride at night, ride through Heaven and Hell
(Heaven and Hell)
Come back love and I feel so well
(Feel so well)
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@sXe LEXXI En explanation so elegantly simple that it's probably true. Moby is a vegan, he doesn't eat enough proteins to come up with deeper meanings.
As a vegetarian myself, I find it highly unlikely that Moby's diet has any impact on the complexity of his lyrics. Sometimes simplicity does better than deep meaning--look what the Beatles proved. This song clearly has some appeal despite the brief lyrics.