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.
100 Girls or maybe more
Who left me passed out on the floor
I know it might be wrong
I had to write this song
For a hundred girls and hundreds more
There was Katherine in Manhattan
Her mouth was always flappin'
She's always a distraction
'Cause she always wants some action
At 1 she took me in a cab
2 in a soho bar
3 she got real bad and dumped me in a subway car
These are Mary's voodoo ways
We would stay in bed for days
In an alligator haze
In her swampy southern place
She broke me down on bourbon street
curled up at her feet
As Mary flashed the parades
I fixed myself with hurricanes
[Chorus]
100 girls or maybe more
Who left me passed out on the floor
I wish I heard you tell me
Make up your mind
Wake up, make up your mind
Make up your mind
This is Daisy, this is crazy
always tellin' me I'm lazy
Her endurance would amaze me
And her swearing didn't phase me
It was based upon a sweet lie
Like a butterfly she showed herself in many phases
Had a thing for public places
Late one night in Fenway park
She led me naked through the dark
Daisy let me suffer there
Smothered in my underwear
[Chorus]
There was Hilary and here's the thing
I thought that she was 17
she was 18 but looked 16
and told me she was 23
Valerie who hated money
Stuck me to the sheets with honey
Caroline from Amsterdam
Took off with some other band
Megan, Kim and the rest
I love you all and that's the test
If I wake up in time
How will I make up my mind
[Chorus]
100 girls or maybe more
who left passed out on the floor
I know it might be wrong
I had to write this song
For a hundred girls and hundreds more
Who left me passed out on the floor
I know it might be wrong
I had to write this song
For a hundred girls and hundreds more
There was Katherine in Manhattan
Her mouth was always flappin'
She's always a distraction
'Cause she always wants some action
At 1 she took me in a cab
2 in a soho bar
3 she got real bad and dumped me in a subway car
These are Mary's voodoo ways
We would stay in bed for days
In an alligator haze
In her swampy southern place
She broke me down on bourbon street
curled up at her feet
As Mary flashed the parades
I fixed myself with hurricanes
[Chorus]
100 girls or maybe more
Who left me passed out on the floor
I wish I heard you tell me
Make up your mind
Wake up, make up your mind
Make up your mind
This is Daisy, this is crazy
always tellin' me I'm lazy
Her endurance would amaze me
And her swearing didn't phase me
It was based upon a sweet lie
Like a butterfly she showed herself in many phases
Had a thing for public places
Late one night in Fenway park
She led me naked through the dark
Daisy let me suffer there
Smothered in my underwear
[Chorus]
There was Hilary and here's the thing
I thought that she was 17
she was 18 but looked 16
and told me she was 23
Valerie who hated money
Stuck me to the sheets with honey
Caroline from Amsterdam
Took off with some other band
Megan, Kim and the rest
I love you all and that's the test
If I wake up in time
How will I make up my mind
[Chorus]
100 girls or maybe more
who left passed out on the floor
I know it might be wrong
I had to write this song
For a hundred girls and hundreds more
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