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 take a deep breath in and out
Get my clothes get dressed and head about another day
Another day to make you notice me
Another day to try to show you something in me that maybe you'd wanna see
Cause these past few years it seems as if I haven't exsisted in your universe
Am I just trying to hard to impress you
Or am I not giving it enough
All I know is you dont seem to notice me at all
So that leaves me with my only hope being to dream of you tonight
Cause that is the closest I can get to you
I see you walking in the hall to your classes every day
Every guy knows who you are but not every guy has your schedule memorized
Trying to bump into you inivertently in the hall
And not every girl knows who I am including you
The ones that know me are my friends and aren't the girls I'd wanna to be with
So what can I do just to get you to look up from the ground and them other guys
And take a good look at me even if I'm not what you need
Am I just trying to hard to impress you
Or am I not giving it enough
All I know is you dont seem to notice me at all
So that leaves me with my only hope being to dream of you tonight
Cause that is the closest I can get to you
I'm not exactly like other guys this I know
Maybe I'm not as normal as all the other guys you dated
Recently your the only one I dream of every single night
And recall every detail of that dream when I awake
If you can see that will it change your outlook on me
And maybe have you notice me just enough to say hello
Get my clothes get dressed and head about another day
Another day to make you notice me
Another day to try to show you something in me that maybe you'd wanna see
Cause these past few years it seems as if I haven't exsisted in your universe
Am I just trying to hard to impress you
Or am I not giving it enough
All I know is you dont seem to notice me at all
So that leaves me with my only hope being to dream of you tonight
Cause that is the closest I can get to you
I see you walking in the hall to your classes every day
Every guy knows who you are but not every guy has your schedule memorized
Trying to bump into you inivertently in the hall
And not every girl knows who I am including you
The ones that know me are my friends and aren't the girls I'd wanna to be with
So what can I do just to get you to look up from the ground and them other guys
And take a good look at me even if I'm not what you need
Am I just trying to hard to impress you
Or am I not giving it enough
All I know is you dont seem to notice me at all
So that leaves me with my only hope being to dream of you tonight
Cause that is the closest I can get to you
I'm not exactly like other guys this I know
Maybe I'm not as normal as all the other guys you dated
Recently your the only one I dream of every single night
And recall every detail of that dream when I awake
If you can see that will it change your outlook on me
And maybe have you notice me just enough to say hello
Lyrics submitted by TFM
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