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 got the message long before you said you knew
There was no chance of us at all
With no velocity and empty headed hard and far too long
I spent two years alone with you
Just when I thought I had forgotten
You came back soft without a sound
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the times we never had right
Inside two years alone with you
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
We could have been
We could have been
Instead of accidental running always running
Why can't you believe
Long winded promises of future company
Up close the sound remains the same
Without the reign of terror over every momentary change
We are exactly as before
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the time I had to forget you
Inside no chance of us at all
There was no chance of us at all
With no velocity and empty headed hard and far too long
I spent two years alone with you
Just when I thought I had forgotten
You came back soft without a sound
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the times we never had right
Inside two years alone with you
You said we were an accident
With accidents you never know what could have been
So we were an accident
You'll always be my favorite one
We could have been
We could have been
Instead of accidental running always running
Why can't you believe
Long winded promises of future company
Up close the sound remains the same
Without the reign of terror over every momentary change
We are exactly as before
You hit the road and left me an ocean
I can't swim in the silence of your skin skin Please let me in-
Side the time I had to forget you
Inside no chance of us at all
Lyrics submitted by walkingonawire, edited by mrfun2
My Favorite Accident Lyrics as written by Joshua Allen Cain Jesse Mack Johnson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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this is what I think the song means, but I may be wrong.. "you hit the road and left me an ocean" means she left and all he has is tears now.
"I can?t swim in the silence of your skin" meaning that now that she's gone, he can't live right
"please let me in- side the times we never had right inside two years alone with you" means that he wants to go back and change everything so that the relationship stayed together.
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