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.
It was the rocks you liked
So much you'd throw them
Down into the river's darkness
Down from where the trains go flying
Your legs hung out
Into the air, we'll keep on kicking
Moving but we're never going
When we go it's like we're faking
Two palms, no sound
Closer and closer
The beam's width that's between us
Gets just a little leaner
We ought to fail to see it
And if I go to the left
And if you move to the right
So that we've hit and spilled
We turned it off in the night
Between the banks that roll
Glass hidden motion
Above we go on without knowing
The pines control the wild sarcasm
To hold us up
And time was held
Well worth the holding
Waste it when you try to save
Save it and it ends up wasted
You know these words
Closer and closer
The beam's width that's between us
Gets just a little leaner
We ought to fail to see it
And if I go to the left
And if you move to the right
So that we've hit and we spilled
We turned it off in the night
Closer and closer
The beam's width that's between us
Gets just a little leaner
We ought to fail to see it
Answer we entered
The trains won't ride beside us
But water moves beneath us
And takes away the sense of hearing it all
So much you'd throw them
Down into the river's darkness
Down from where the trains go flying
Your legs hung out
Into the air, we'll keep on kicking
Moving but we're never going
When we go it's like we're faking
Two palms, no sound
Closer and closer
The beam's width that's between us
Gets just a little leaner
We ought to fail to see it
And if I go to the left
And if you move to the right
So that we've hit and spilled
We turned it off in the night
Between the banks that roll
Glass hidden motion
Above we go on without knowing
The pines control the wild sarcasm
To hold us up
And time was held
Well worth the holding
Waste it when you try to save
Save it and it ends up wasted
You know these words
Closer and closer
The beam's width that's between us
Gets just a little leaner
We ought to fail to see it
And if I go to the left
And if you move to the right
So that we've hit and we spilled
We turned it off in the night
Closer and closer
The beam's width that's between us
Gets just a little leaner
We ought to fail to see it
Answer we entered
The trains won't ride beside us
But water moves beneath us
And takes away the sense of hearing it all
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i first heard this song a few years ago when i received a free music sampler from polyvinyl records and it stil has the highest throne in my hear! matt pond, yo yo! you are a treat!