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.
Wait, planet earthquake
Planet heartbreak, give me this day
Dates pass through a maze
Are you okay? Are you awake?
Pride, yours flies to high
Yours is to great, yours is to die
I, I'm taking no side
I'm going under, for once alive
Wait, falling airplanes
Today, my worries fade away
In suspended dream state
Somehow I knew
Erase, everything stops now
And now I crash with them
I am a bank deposit
I'm held accomplice to man's will
The faith transcending reason,
The passenger descending
And in an instant time stands still
Fade, planet heartbreak
Stop thinking
Planet heartbreak, give me this day
Dates pass through a maze
Are you okay? Are you awake?
Pride, yours flies to high
Yours is to great, yours is to die
I, I'm taking no side
I'm going under, for once alive
Wait, falling airplanes
Today, my worries fade away
In suspended dream state
Somehow I knew
Erase, everything stops now
And now I crash with them
I am a bank deposit
I'm held accomplice to man's will
The faith transcending reason,
The passenger descending
And in an instant time stands still
Fade, planet heartbreak
Stop thinking
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