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.
You went out for a walk
I'm sure you went a long ways
Sorting things out in our heads
We'll forget in a few days
In the place before you're made
They give you all these options
Like if you've got wings
Or have you got feelings
Or can you breathe underwater?
He chose lifting ten times his weight
And natural body armor
And then on the day his mother gave
He came out as an insect
People talk in soda pop
They talk it quite a lot
The opinions that I don't give
Are the opinions I don't got
White lies fall off my yellow teeth,
I didn't convince you but I believed
White lies fall off my yellow teeth
I didn't convince you but I believed
white lies fall off my yellow teeth
I didn't convince you but I believed
All so plain it's all a plan
It's all so true of everyone
The sky does not ever end
The air just gets much thinner
I knew a man who went on and on
About how he knew a man who knew a man
Who knew a man who knew him once
You can keep digging down and down inside
And even turn around or find in hell
You're digging up again
Some hippie told me, "Free your pets"
So I let them all go free
It didn't take no time at all
For them to run on back to me
I'm sure you went a long ways
Sorting things out in our heads
We'll forget in a few days
In the place before you're made
They give you all these options
Like if you've got wings
Or have you got feelings
Or can you breathe underwater?
He chose lifting ten times his weight
And natural body armor
And then on the day his mother gave
He came out as an insect
People talk in soda pop
They talk it quite a lot
The opinions that I don't give
Are the opinions I don't got
White lies fall off my yellow teeth,
I didn't convince you but I believed
White lies fall off my yellow teeth
I didn't convince you but I believed
white lies fall off my yellow teeth
I didn't convince you but I believed
All so plain it's all a plan
It's all so true of everyone
The sky does not ever end
The air just gets much thinner
I knew a man who went on and on
About how he knew a man who knew a man
Who knew a man who knew him once
You can keep digging down and down inside
And even turn around or find in hell
You're digging up again
Some hippie told me, "Free your pets"
So I let them all go free
It didn't take no time at all
For them to run on back to me
Lyrics submitted by kimber
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