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.
Were they lies? What was unsaid.
Or what was kept inside.
Your untempered anger vs. my unjustified pride.
You can't wrap your arms around me
And just be.
I'll march into the fray
And I so unarmed.
I'll keep the beat that makes you fierce
And I so afraid.
I'll be your drummerboy
You can't look me in the eyes
And say good luck and goodbye.
Turn on heel your pain has made you cruel.
Mine just left me wondering why
I've soldiered on.
I'll march into the fray
And I so unarmed.
I'll keep the beat that makes you fierce
And I so afraid.
I'll be your drummerboy
A boy is not a man he's a babe
And you would have me crawl in kind.
I broke your heart but it's not mine to mend.
Dissenting tones would not leave my mind alone.
I wish I had never been born.
Honestly.
I'll march into the fray
And I so unarmed.
I'll keep the beat that makes you fierce
And I so afraid.
I'll be your drummerboy.
Or what was kept inside.
Your untempered anger vs. my unjustified pride.
You can't wrap your arms around me
And just be.
I'll march into the fray
And I so unarmed.
I'll keep the beat that makes you fierce
And I so afraid.
I'll be your drummerboy
You can't look me in the eyes
And say good luck and goodbye.
Turn on heel your pain has made you cruel.
Mine just left me wondering why
I've soldiered on.
I'll march into the fray
And I so unarmed.
I'll keep the beat that makes you fierce
And I so afraid.
I'll be your drummerboy
A boy is not a man he's a babe
And you would have me crawl in kind.
I broke your heart but it's not mine to mend.
Dissenting tones would not leave my mind alone.
I wish I had never been born.
Honestly.
I'll march into the fray
And I so unarmed.
I'll keep the beat that makes you fierce
And I so afraid.
I'll be your drummerboy.
Lyrics submitted by zapeta
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