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.
Can you feel life moving through your mind
Looks like it came back for more - yeah yeah yeah
Can you feel time slipping down your spine
You try and try to ignore
But you can hardly swallow
Your fears and pain
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Live and learn - Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn - From the works of yesterday
Live and learn - If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn - You may never find your way
Can you feel your life tangle you up inside
Now you're facedown on the floor
But you can't save your sorrow
You've paid in trade
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Repeat
There's a face searching far, so far and wide
There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find
Hold on to what if...
Hold on to what if...
* Repeat x2
Looks like it came back for more - yeah yeah yeah
Can you feel time slipping down your spine
You try and try to ignore
But you can hardly swallow
Your fears and pain
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Live and learn - Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn - From the works of yesterday
Live and learn - If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn - You may never find your way
Can you feel your life tangle you up inside
Now you're facedown on the floor
But you can't save your sorrow
You've paid in trade
And you can't help but follow
And puts you right back where you came
* Repeat
There's a face searching far, so far and wide
There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find
Hold on to what if...
Hold on to what if...
* Repeat x2
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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wicked song if i didnt hav my music i might kill myself.As old wise man says"no music , no soul"
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The song is about relying on and being strong in yourself, because if you beg or if you borrow, you may never find your way.
The title says it all, it's about learning to live & learn.
This song is the s#it!
This song is actually about when everything around you feels like going to hell, you still got to get back up and don't let it take you in.
wow, this song is TOOOOO cooliezz =3
Don't give up on what you set out to achieve by holding on to your past mistakes. Live, learn, and move on. "Hanging on the edge of tomorrow from the works of yesterday." I never realized how imbuing this song was.
Truly i have to say, is that this song is Inspiring. A motivating song to "Live and Learn". The title speaks for itself, but the lyrics just give you this feeling to rise off the ground and keep moving on.
Pretty much this songs says is 'Keep Moving and never give up hope! You'll reach a destination where you're surely find if you just live up your life like no tomorrow'
I have nothing else to say, except that this song is truly inspiring.
Live and Learn kids, there's a tomorrow waiting for you
What's meaning of " hold on to what if "? I can't understand the "what if" in this sentence.
@ArezooAM80 it probably means hold on to the possibility of you doing something, like what if i were to make a lot of money, its probably saying hold on to that possiblity of that happening
This song makes me feel like nothing can stop ypu, and if it does, than all you have to do is try again, just dont screw up the same way you did last time. Like somebody else said, if ebery thing else is going to hell, just learn to live without it. Dont think before you act, jus do it and learn from your mistakes