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.
You always think that you can play the fool (Play the fool)
But this is life these are real decisions
You say that none of its affecting you (Affecting you)
But beyond the self there are other reasons
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons why
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons why
We take it all so seriously
Cos It’s not ‘all bullshit’
We take it all so seriously
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons why
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons
We must rise informed of the enemy’s that face us
Put our faith in a cause that take’s us
Well beyond this self-obsessed existence
For all to know and to feel the reasons why
We take it all so seriously
Cos It’s not ‘all bullshit’
We take it all so seriously
But you’re blinded by your arrogance
Dismissing new ideas
Sure it’s enough to get you through
But there’s only so long that this earth can sustain us
Its time to think straight
An a-political stand of reasons
Yeah we must think straight
Cos we’re throwing it all away
You wanna wait till it’s all fucking up
To believe it real
There’ll be nothing left that we can do
Cos there’s only so long that this earth can sustain us
Its time to think straight
An a-political stand of reasons
Yeah we must think straight
And it started yesterday
It started yesterday It started yesterday
It started yesterday It started yesterday
We’ll never get a second chance
To amend our evils
But it’s me and you who got to choose
Cause there’s only so long that this earth can sustain us
Its time to think straight
An a-political stand of reasons
Yeah we must think straight
And it started yesterday
Cos we’re throwing it all away Cos we’re throwing it all away
Cos we’re throwing it all away Cos we’re throwing it all away
But this is life these are real decisions
You say that none of its affecting you (Affecting you)
But beyond the self there are other reasons
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons why
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons why
We take it all so seriously
Cos It’s not ‘all bullshit’
We take it all so seriously
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons why
Stepping back you’ve got to take the higher ground yeah
It’s not ego but a belief in the reasons
We must rise informed of the enemy’s that face us
Put our faith in a cause that take’s us
Well beyond this self-obsessed existence
For all to know and to feel the reasons why
We take it all so seriously
Cos It’s not ‘all bullshit’
We take it all so seriously
But you’re blinded by your arrogance
Dismissing new ideas
Sure it’s enough to get you through
But there’s only so long that this earth can sustain us
Its time to think straight
An a-political stand of reasons
Yeah we must think straight
Cos we’re throwing it all away
You wanna wait till it’s all fucking up
To believe it real
There’ll be nothing left that we can do
Cos there’s only so long that this earth can sustain us
Its time to think straight
An a-political stand of reasons
Yeah we must think straight
And it started yesterday
It started yesterday It started yesterday
It started yesterday It started yesterday
We’ll never get a second chance
To amend our evils
But it’s me and you who got to choose
Cause there’s only so long that this earth can sustain us
Its time to think straight
An a-political stand of reasons
Yeah we must think straight
And it started yesterday
Cos we’re throwing it all away Cos we’re throwing it all away
Cos we’re throwing it all away Cos we’re throwing it all away
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude
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