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.
Did you know it was all going to go so wrong for you?
And did you see it was all going to be so right for me?
Why did we tell you then
You were always the golden boy then
And that you'd never lose that light in your eyes?
Hey you, did you ever realize what you'd become?
And did you see that it wasn't only me, you were running from?
Did you know all the time but it never bothered you anyway?
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty
I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me
And did you know? (And did you know?)
I never thought that you'd lose that light in your eyes
And did you see it was all going to be so right for me?
Why did we tell you then
You were always the golden boy then
And that you'd never lose that light in your eyes?
Hey you, did you ever realize what you'd become?
And did you see that it wasn't only me, you were running from?
Did you know all the time but it never bothered you anyway?
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty
I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me
And did you know? (And did you know?)
I never thought that you'd lose that light in your eyes
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Poles Apart Lyrics as written by Nick Laird-clowes Dave Gilmour
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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