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.
I have lost my heart
To a boy who can't be mine
I have fallen in love, with no use
I don't know how I came to be on this cloud
Thinking about your touch, makes me lost my ground
I want to be in your arms again
Holding hands and never leave but...
All I can do is dream about you and me in never land
But all it is, is a fantasy although it's heavenly
It's a teenage dream,
All wrapped in pink and dotted with hearts
I day dream of, what might and could come
But then the truth creeps up on me
And I begin to cry
I wish we never met, then it wasn't so sad
And I'd stop thinking about you
(I was walking down the beach honey
The moon is shining oh so bright
I'm looking at the stars
Thinking back on our very last night
Ohh baby, we will forever be apart
I should have told yo you that we were never meant to be
I knew that from the very start
I'm sorry, I really am)
To a boy who can't be mine
I have fallen in love, with no use
I don't know how I came to be on this cloud
Thinking about your touch, makes me lost my ground
I want to be in your arms again
Holding hands and never leave but...
All I can do is dream about you and me in never land
But all it is, is a fantasy although it's heavenly
It's a teenage dream,
All wrapped in pink and dotted with hearts
I day dream of, what might and could come
But then the truth creeps up on me
And I begin to cry
I wish we never met, then it wasn't so sad
And I'd stop thinking about you
(I was walking down the beach honey
The moon is shining oh so bright
I'm looking at the stars
Thinking back on our very last night
Ohh baby, we will forever be apart
I should have told yo you that we were never meant to be
I knew that from the very start
I'm sorry, I really am)
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how could the meaning of this song escape anyone? I know all-too-well what it's like to fall in love with someone you can't have, or who doesn't want you. "Dotted with hearts" is almost a sort of metaphor for innocence. maybe the song is just about a crush or "teenage dream" ;) In either way, poor girl :( I like the part at the end. That guy is so bad-ass. Haha :)
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I can relate to these lyrics horribly. It's not just a crush its about a relationship that you want to work out so badly but you know it's not possible. and It never could be from the beginning, you knew it but you ignored it anyway in hopes that all would end well.
i totally agree with horrordolls comment thats exactly what i think this songs means,this song means alot 2 me
this song's so straightforward. it's about being in love with somebody you can't have. about an ex-boyfriend maybe, who she wants back, remembering all the good times they had ["thinking about your touch.. i want to be in your arms again"]. and she feels stupid and juvenile for feeling that way, "it's a teenage dream". i can relate to this song so much.
Like everyone said, it's clearly about a boy she can't have. Maybe it's a summer fling or something like that. "I should have told yo u that we were never meant to be I knew that from the very start" makes me think that he was just visiting the town or knew he was moving away but he couldn't resist her so they got together for a while.
hah, i have a bootycall i ended up falling for...this song reminds me of him