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.
Feel, feel it grow
In your mind
In your mind
Life is how you live it
Through time
Through time
And there's no desert sun
That is hot enough to feed your fire
We shipwreck like fools
Only to become the ocean's choir
And the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
Got lost on the way but you found the road again
Stay true to your friends 'cause they'll save you in the end
There must be something in the air, in the air
Some kind of answer to my prayers, to my prayers
Some kind of answer to my prayers
I've been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
I have a vision in my mind
Of a life that I've left behind
Yeah can't you see that lost souls can't swim
You know you'll sink but you still jump in
And it's alright to get caught
Stealing back what you've lost
Yeah don't you know that lost souls can't swim
You beat them back or they'll drag you in
And I can't say that I am sorry for all my medicines
And you try to find a love that'll see you through your darkest days
And her soft brown hair is as long as the Canadian highway
And the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
Been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
In your mind
In your mind
Life is how you live it
Through time
Through time
And there's no desert sun
That is hot enough to feed your fire
We shipwreck like fools
Only to become the ocean's choir
And the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
Got lost on the way but you found the road again
Stay true to your friends 'cause they'll save you in the end
There must be something in the air, in the air
Some kind of answer to my prayers, to my prayers
Some kind of answer to my prayers
I've been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
I have a vision in my mind
Of a life that I've left behind
Yeah can't you see that lost souls can't swim
You know you'll sink but you still jump in
And it's alright to get caught
Stealing back what you've lost
Yeah don't you know that lost souls can't swim
You beat them back or they'll drag you in
And I can't say that I am sorry for all my medicines
And you try to find a love that'll see you through your darkest days
And her soft brown hair is as long as the Canadian highway
And the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
Been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
There must be something in the air, in the air
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