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.
Huge eyes
Know I'm missing
So I close mine
When I'm kissing
Lollipop, licking
With Lola
Sticking like toffee to my teeth
Wait, watch, gravitate
Grab hold of, insulate
Wait, watch, it's too late
It's over now
(All the way)
I've got so much beauty around me I can't move
I've got so much beauty around me I can't loose
I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose
I've got so much beauty around me, around you
Toffee pop
So sticky
In the heat
Lola gets angry
Over meat
And who did I (who did I)
Who did I (who did I)
Push out
And who did I (who did I)
Who did I (who did I)
Hear shout
Wait, watch, gravitate
Grab hold of, insulate
Wait, watch, it's too late
It's over now
(All the way)
I've got so much beauty around me I can't move
I've got so much beauty around me I can't loose
I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose
I've got so much beauty around me, around you
Know I'm missing
So I close mine
When I'm kissing
Lollipop, licking
With Lola
Sticking like toffee to my teeth
Wait, watch, gravitate
Grab hold of, insulate
Wait, watch, it's too late
It's over now
(All the way)
I've got so much beauty around me I can't move
I've got so much beauty around me I can't loose
I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose
I've got so much beauty around me, around you
Toffee pop
So sticky
In the heat
Lola gets angry
Over meat
And who did I (who did I)
Who did I (who did I)
Push out
And who did I (who did I)
Who did I (who did I)
Hear shout
Wait, watch, gravitate
Grab hold of, insulate
Wait, watch, it's too late
It's over now
(All the way)
I've got so much beauty around me I can't move
I've got so much beauty around me I can't loose
I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose
I've got so much beauty around me, around you
Lyrics submitted by minette
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this is such a gorgeous song, it's amazingly well sung, his voice suits is perfectly, he just sounds so hopelessly in love
"i;ve got so much beauty around me around you" i love Damien
*loose=lose
i cant tell if this is a love song or a sad song. he seems to flip-flop, and i just cant tell. the majority of it, i'd say, seems to be describing his relationship with lola and how he isn't in love with her anymore, or that he did something stupid and now regrets having pushed her out of his life. but i really cant tell
Gotta love Damiens lyrical genius, Hes someone who can describe so much with so little words and its always easy to relate to
But Since the site is about song meaning i will give my interpration of it : I beleive the song is about cheating on Lola, In the first verse he describes how Lola was with him before it happened, 'Sticking like toffee to my teeth' shows how Lola was dead clingy with him, then he had enough of her and says enoughs enough, then when he hits the chorus hes saying that there are plenty of pretty ladies around him he cant resist. He then goes on to show that he was aware of his mistake and he then becomes the clingy one, but Lola refuses to accept his apologise and gets angry 'so sticky, in the heat, Lola gets angry', Over meat, which will be the girl but then says 'and who i did' which again suggests he could have cheated. 'Push out' makes me think that Lola has push himself of the person who he cheated with out of her life and last sing that was said was the shouting at last line in the verse.
I could be well off the mark here, but its the only story i can see in this lyrics