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.
Lowered down like a casket
And buried just below her chest.
"Whatever I was searching for,
It was never you," she says.
The record ended long ago,
We go on dancing nonetheless.
I opened like a locket,
"If you're ever cold," I wrote,
"There's warmth inside me.
I'm the pocket of an old winter coat."
But where she used to say "I need you."
Now, "I don't."
You'd only make the softest sound,
Like sugar pouring into tea.
Darling let your Self pour down
And dissolve into the Love
Who revealed himself there quietly to me...
(Jesus have mercy on us.)
Secret Song
You might sleep, but you'll never dream
Onward! Progress! Or so it seems.
You might laugh, but you'll never smile.
Come on in and waste away awhile.
My stomach swears there's comfort there
In the warmth of the blankets on your bed
My stomach's always been a liar-
I'll believe it's lies again.
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
My face against your warm cheek
When dreams of rings of flowers fade and blur
Giving way to that familiar ill
Come over and part your soft white curtains
Where I'm waiting for you still
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
And buried just below her chest.
"Whatever I was searching for,
It was never you," she says.
The record ended long ago,
We go on dancing nonetheless.
I opened like a locket,
"If you're ever cold," I wrote,
"There's warmth inside me.
I'm the pocket of an old winter coat."
But where she used to say "I need you."
Now, "I don't."
You'd only make the softest sound,
Like sugar pouring into tea.
Darling let your Self pour down
And dissolve into the Love
Who revealed himself there quietly to me...
(Jesus have mercy on us.)
Secret Song
You might sleep, but you'll never dream
Onward! Progress! Or so it seems.
You might laugh, but you'll never smile.
Come on in and waste away awhile.
My stomach swears there's comfort there
In the warmth of the blankets on your bed
My stomach's always been a liar-
I'll believe it's lies again.
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
My face against your warm cheek
When dreams of rings of flowers fade and blur
Giving way to that familiar ill
Come over and part your soft white curtains
Where I'm waiting for you still
No use in saying how I'm sorry
So I'm trying not to speak
I'll sing in silence, as I lay beside you
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this song is purely incredible. listen and be amazed. unless you like dashboard....shudder
thanks. I dont know why it cut off when I posted it. I typed it in correctly.
this song is really amazing. i saw them with norma jean a few weeks ago and was blown away. the emotion he pours into the preformance captivated me and i had to go home and listen to them over adn over.
way to ruin this message board about a great band with your stupid sexual frustrations.
word to mewithoutYou! it's great to see a Christian fire burning in indie music.
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i happen to like dashboard confessional AND this song... and many other songs in a very wide spectrum of music... kthanks, bye :]
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