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 said God
In the trees it's lovely
But it's lonely
With a bone
He will try to clone me
Make a mother
There will be another me
Your mom
When the bomb exploded
Overloaded
Eaten fruit birthday suit decoded
I decided
You would like another mom
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Marry me lucky tree
You're my tree
And your [sic] my three
When you burn
Now I'm free
To find me number four
And number four can marry me
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Just like me
Final tree
You're lovely
But you're lonely
I will clone thee
Little tree
In the trees it's lovely
But it's lonely
With a bone
He will try to clone me
Make a mother
There will be another me
Your mom
When the bomb exploded
Overloaded
Eaten fruit birthday suit decoded
I decided
You would like another mom
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Marry me lucky tree
You're my tree
And your [sic] my three
When you burn
Now I'm free
To find me number four
And number four can marry me
Bomb bomb bomb (etc)
Just like me
Final tree
You're lovely
But you're lonely
I will clone thee
Little tree
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Here's the gist of what got left out: I wouldn't place too much weight on the Adam and Eve; the Christian story of creation here is used only as a rhetorical device. To give structure to the use of numbers, without giving too much away: #1) Speaker, #2) Mother ("Make a mother"), #3) first "tree" ("Marry me lucky tree"), #4) final "tree" ("To find me number four"). Hope that's helpful....GREAT post, TeN!
Please explain this use of numbers.