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.
Pacing slowly back and forth
I just got scolded for the worst
Thinking to myself am I to blame?
Father tells me what to do
Mother tells me how to feel
These days I wonder if I'm alive
Stop, stop what you're doing to me
Can't you see how it makes me feel?
I need to grow
So stop, stop what your doing to me
Can't you see what I see
I need to grow
Can't have freedom, can't have taste?
Can't I grow my hair this way?
Why do you try to tell me this is wrong?
The less you see the more you care
When I'm home you're not there
I am youth but I see it just the same
Stop, stop what you're doing to me
Can't you see how it makes me feel?
I need to grow
So stop, stop what your doing to me
Can't you see what I see
So I will stop!
Stop!
Stop, stop what you're doing to me
Can't you see it at all
So stop, stop what you're doing to me
I don't feel anything
I don't even see it all
So here I sit all alone
I'm not even fully grown
But there is so much I would like to say
I tend to talk endlessly
About all that comes easy to me
Youth speaks now but I may end up being
Something huge someday
I just got scolded for the worst
Thinking to myself am I to blame?
Father tells me what to do
Mother tells me how to feel
These days I wonder if I'm alive
Stop, stop what you're doing to me
Can't you see how it makes me feel?
I need to grow
So stop, stop what your doing to me
Can't you see what I see
I need to grow
Can't have freedom, can't have taste?
Can't I grow my hair this way?
Why do you try to tell me this is wrong?
The less you see the more you care
When I'm home you're not there
I am youth but I see it just the same
Stop, stop what you're doing to me
Can't you see how it makes me feel?
I need to grow
So stop, stop what your doing to me
Can't you see what I see
So I will stop!
Stop!
Stop, stop what you're doing to me
Can't you see it at all
So stop, stop what you're doing to me
I don't feel anything
I don't even see it all
So here I sit all alone
I'm not even fully grown
But there is so much I would like to say
I tend to talk endlessly
About all that comes easy to me
Youth speaks now but I may end up being
Something huge someday
Lyrics submitted by A-PuNKRoCK-FReaK
Colossal Youth Lyrics as written by Gugut Salgado Efren Jr. Encarnacion
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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