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.
Were you surprised that we never spoke?
And in the still of the night, when nothing stirs
I woke and I gathered up some clothes
I never planned on this but it's the way it goes
And now it all seems too familiar like pages turned on calendars
We get the same twelve months to fuck things up, year after year
And I can't believe how down I am like a well I'm being lowered in
Now water stops, the bucket drops us farther and farther down
Farther and farther down
Well, I guess that you never knew me
Or at least not well enough
So I fill my gut with that dark red wine
Until my brain shuts off and my eyes go blind
You won't see me there in that thick black air
Yeah, I'll finally make something disappear
'Cause I've been practicing disappearing
And I think that I've got it down
Now there is no sun, just a cellar
Nowhere is sky, just that black, black dirt, oh
Now there is no sun, it's just a cellar
Nowhere is sky, just that black, black
Black, black dirt
Expanding outwards, just echoes for answers
Not that it matters, it's back or it's forwards
Unhappy lovers with baskets of flowers
Use them as markers
The place where your bed once stood
A time when it still felt good
But you'll get that feeling back
You just need some time to think
And to add up the hell, get it straight in your mind
But to calculate cost, that may take some time
But I'm sure I'll get to feeling better
Yeah, I just need some time to drink
So I'll fill my gut with that blood red wine
Until my insides swim and my veins unwind
I'll be lying there in that hot white air
Once that something's gone, it may never reappear
It may never reappear
Yeah, it may never reappear
And in the still of the night, when nothing stirs
I woke and I gathered up some clothes
I never planned on this but it's the way it goes
And now it all seems too familiar like pages turned on calendars
We get the same twelve months to fuck things up, year after year
And I can't believe how down I am like a well I'm being lowered in
Now water stops, the bucket drops us farther and farther down
Farther and farther down
Well, I guess that you never knew me
Or at least not well enough
So I fill my gut with that dark red wine
Until my brain shuts off and my eyes go blind
You won't see me there in that thick black air
Yeah, I'll finally make something disappear
'Cause I've been practicing disappearing
And I think that I've got it down
Now there is no sun, just a cellar
Nowhere is sky, just that black, black dirt, oh
Now there is no sun, it's just a cellar
Nowhere is sky, just that black, black
Black, black dirt
Expanding outwards, just echoes for answers
Not that it matters, it's back or it's forwards
Unhappy lovers with baskets of flowers
Use them as markers
The place where your bed once stood
A time when it still felt good
But you'll get that feeling back
You just need some time to think
And to add up the hell, get it straight in your mind
But to calculate cost, that may take some time
But I'm sure I'll get to feeling better
Yeah, I just need some time to drink
So I'll fill my gut with that blood red wine
Until my insides swim and my veins unwind
I'll be lying there in that hot white air
Once that something's gone, it may never reappear
It may never reappear
Yeah, it may never reappear
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