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.
Everything she loved has left her
In one way or another
So blindly, she calls out
In the middle of this sleepless night
Those scars that dig so deep
This piece of mind that's just not right
She looks up to the sky
She calls out, and she says
My life is falling down like rain
And I'll be the one to drown
My whole world is nothing but pain
And I'll be the one to drown
Her eyes as blue as the life she leads
Never thinking what she could have been
Why me, she calls out
In the middle of this heartless night
How could the one she loves most
Give her the pain she feels inside
She looks up to the sky
She calls out, and she says
Let your rain fall down on me
In one way or another
So blindly, she calls out
In the middle of this sleepless night
Those scars that dig so deep
This piece of mind that's just not right
She looks up to the sky
She calls out, and she says
My life is falling down like rain
And I'll be the one to drown
My whole world is nothing but pain
And I'll be the one to drown
Her eyes as blue as the life she leads
Never thinking what she could have been
Why me, she calls out
In the middle of this heartless night
How could the one she loves most
Give her the pain she feels inside
She looks up to the sky
She calls out, and she says
Let your rain fall down on me
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