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.
Take off your shirt
Take off your skirt
Give me my unlabeled desert
When we're naked we're all the same
Have to shame because we are the same
Let the light shine through the window pain
Who am I, I am me
Who are you, you are you
Not judging you by your shoes
Life is not a game of whos-who
Like me for me because I like you for you
If I'm a prep, I dress this way
If I'm goth, I dress this way
If I'm this I'm wearing that
Labeling everyday
Give me something real
If I was naked would I be nothing to you!?
Judge me not by what I wear on my back
Judge me by facts
Button up my shirt my mind hurts
Put on some nailpolish your astonished
Be honest, you don't think you can be me friend
Because how I dress, confess
Don't me modest
Your worried about what everyone else will think
Who am I, I am me
Who are you, you are you
Not judging you by your shoes
Life is not a game of whos-who
Like me for me because I like you for you
If I'm a prep, I dress this way
If I'm goth, I dress this way
If I'm this I'm wearing that
Labeling everyday
Give me something real
If I was naked would I be nothing to you!?
Judge me not by what I wear on my back
Judge me by facts
Take off your skirt
Give me my unlabeled desert
When we're naked we're all the same
Have to shame because we are the same
Let the light shine through the window pain
Who am I, I am me
Who are you, you are you
Not judging you by your shoes
Life is not a game of whos-who
Like me for me because I like you for you
If I'm a prep, I dress this way
If I'm goth, I dress this way
If I'm this I'm wearing that
Labeling everyday
Give me something real
If I was naked would I be nothing to you!?
Judge me not by what I wear on my back
Judge me by facts
Button up my shirt my mind hurts
Put on some nailpolish your astonished
Be honest, you don't think you can be me friend
Because how I dress, confess
Don't me modest
Your worried about what everyone else will think
Who am I, I am me
Who are you, you are you
Not judging you by your shoes
Life is not a game of whos-who
Like me for me because I like you for you
If I'm a prep, I dress this way
If I'm goth, I dress this way
If I'm this I'm wearing that
Labeling everyday
Give me something real
If I was naked would I be nothing to you!?
Judge me not by what I wear on my back
Judge me by facts
Lyrics submitted by Pinkertonism
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