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.
Hello, my name is your T.V.
We’ve been together so long
So many memories
We solved so many problems
Situated comedies
I fed you ads and movie stars
And you always fell asleep
In my color bars, but there’s this
CHORUS
World outside where the lighting’s off
Scenes last too long and you lose the plot
All the girls, they lie and they break your heart
And nothing’s done when the streets go dark
Here, seeCalifornia, where pretty people dream
And the good guy gets the girl by the sunny sea
And when they’d yell upstairs, you’d cry
Little boy inside their lies
In the dark I’d watch your eyes
And I know the way they laugh
The jackals feast behind your back
Here you hide, but still they stab
In the dark I feel you die in that
REPEAT CHORUS
Now see that icy vacant lot where they made your nose bleed
The flannel spread, the heater on
The world is dead, the sun is gone, here take my hand, I’ll take you home
You’ll never have to be alone
The picture’s warping slowly, the scrolling seems unending
The snowy edges blurring, the bars between us bending
Feel you start to breathe, you are alive inside of me
Forever tan and strong and loved, you’ll never bleed again
In dreamyCalifornia scenes where bad guys meet their destiny
And the good guy gets the girl by the sunny sea
We’ve been together so long
So many memories
We solved so many problems
Situated comedies
I fed you ads and movie stars
And you always fell asleep
In my color bars, but there’s this
CHORUS
World outside where the lighting’s off
Scenes last too long and you lose the plot
All the girls, they lie and they break your heart
And nothing’s done when the streets go dark
Here, seeCalifornia, where pretty people dream
And the good guy gets the girl by the sunny sea
And when they’d yell upstairs, you’d cry
Little boy inside their lies
In the dark I’d watch your eyes
And I know the way they laugh
The jackals feast behind your back
Here you hide, but still they stab
In the dark I feel you die in that
REPEAT CHORUS
Now see that icy vacant lot where they made your nose bleed
The flannel spread, the heater on
The world is dead, the sun is gone, here take my hand, I’ll take you home
You’ll never have to be alone
The picture’s warping slowly, the scrolling seems unending
The snowy edges blurring, the bars between us bending
Feel you start to breathe, you are alive inside of me
Forever tan and strong and loved, you’ll never bleed again
In dreamyCalifornia scenes where bad guys meet their destiny
And the good guy gets the girl by the sunny sea
Lyrics submitted by wlcadj
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so in the end he literally enters the tv? i didn't catch that the first few times i heard it...
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