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.
Light globes wash up all along the beach
And they light me up with, and they light me up with certainty
But you calculate coincidence, and circumstance and turbulence
Gotta see what it is, and it's everything, and it's endless
Cause baby can't see through all this matter and make up and Deja Vú
Yeah we drift here alone, with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
She wants to meet her fate, but travel by free will
But you can't have both and you can't stand still, still, still
I'll be the luckiest man in the universe if cause and effect doesn't get there first
But she keeps looking for patterns and the world just happens
Cause baby can't see through all this matter and make up and Deja Vú
Yeah we drift here alone with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah 'cause baby can't see through,
Through all this matter and make up and Deja Vú
Yeah we drift here alone, we drift here alone
Yeah we drift here alone, we drift here alone
Yeah we drift here alone with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah one of us makes the other one come true
She said these questions don't answer like other questions do
So just let me be here with you
And they light me up with, and they light me up with certainty
But you calculate coincidence, and circumstance and turbulence
Gotta see what it is, and it's everything, and it's endless
Cause baby can't see through all this matter and make up and Deja Vú
Yeah we drift here alone, with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
She wants to meet her fate, but travel by free will
But you can't have both and you can't stand still, still, still
I'll be the luckiest man in the universe if cause and effect doesn't get there first
But she keeps looking for patterns and the world just happens
Cause baby can't see through all this matter and make up and Deja Vú
Yeah we drift here alone with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah 'cause baby can't see through,
Through all this matter and make up and Deja Vú
Yeah we drift here alone, we drift here alone
Yeah we drift here alone, we drift here alone
Yeah we drift here alone with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah one of us makes the other one come true
She said these questions don't answer like other questions do
So just let me be here with you
Lyrics submitted by chocol8_k8
Deja Vú Lyrics as written by Isaac Hayes Adrienne Anderson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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