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.
Tales
Talk about a bleeding piano
Right, this is a lovely little song now about the ups and downs of life
Come on
Come on
Go
I'm sick of you tasting of somebody else
I might do the same to you myself
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
Living on a diet of liquor and pills
When the summer's long and the winter kills
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
You come home drunk and you come home dead
Spreading somebody else all over the bed
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
Tenement strung and your guy's well hung
A big gold chain and a silver tongue
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
Jesus grin and a Satan's skin
Make too much trouble to leave me in
You come home mad and you come home tired
Suicide and you're sick inside
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
I'm sick of you tasting of somebody else
I might do the same to you myself
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
But baby you ain't seen nothing yet
You cracked the mould before the jelly had set
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
You've been out tramping the night before
Act sweet as an apple but you're rotten to the core
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
With your sentiments stolen from a greeting card
You want me soft, you're gonna get me hard
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
A Jesus smile and a Satan's skin
Make too much trouble to drop me in
You come home mad and you come home tired
Suicide and you're sick inside
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard.....
1, 2, 3, 4,
Stop
Talk about a bleeding piano
Right, this is a lovely little song now about the ups and downs of life
Come on
Come on
Go
I'm sick of you tasting of somebody else
I might do the same to you myself
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
Living on a diet of liquor and pills
When the summer's long and the winter kills
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
You come home drunk and you come home dead
Spreading somebody else all over the bed
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
Tenement strung and your guy's well hung
A big gold chain and a silver tongue
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
Jesus grin and a Satan's skin
Make too much trouble to leave me in
You come home mad and you come home tired
Suicide and you're sick inside
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
I'm sick of you tasting of somebody else
I might do the same to you myself
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
But baby you ain't seen nothing yet
You cracked the mould before the jelly had set
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
You've been out tramping the night before
Act sweet as an apple but you're rotten to the core
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
With your sentiments stolen from a greeting card
You want me soft, you're gonna get me hard
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
A Jesus smile and a Satan's skin
Make too much trouble to drop me in
You come home mad and you come home tired
Suicide and you're sick inside
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard
It's so hard
It's so god damn hard.....
1, 2, 3, 4,
Stop
Lyrics submitted by Shoot_Me
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