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.
Out of energy
I don't know what to do with myself
Made it eventually
And now I'm resting on the very last breath
All I needed was this one
To get me back on my way
It wasn't long before I realized
There was no time to waste
There was soul all around me
Everybody let go
It wasn't long before we realized
There was no time to waste
Like I'm eleven again
I was the highest kid in the world
Reached a point with no end
Just looking out so I can take it all in
All I needed was this one
To get me back on my way
It wasn't long before I realized
There was no time to waste
There was soul all around me
Everybody let go
It wasn't long before we realized
There was no time to waste
All I needed was this one
To get me back on my way
It wasn't long before I realized
There was no time to waste
I thank you for soul
No point unless you got soul
This world has got to have soul
Looking round for your soul
Digging down to your soul
I found out you got soul
Holding out all your soul
Lifting up all your soul
I thank you for soul
I don't know what to do with myself
Made it eventually
And now I'm resting on the very last breath
All I needed was this one
To get me back on my way
It wasn't long before I realized
There was no time to waste
There was soul all around me
Everybody let go
It wasn't long before we realized
There was no time to waste
Like I'm eleven again
I was the highest kid in the world
Reached a point with no end
Just looking out so I can take it all in
All I needed was this one
To get me back on my way
It wasn't long before I realized
There was no time to waste
There was soul all around me
Everybody let go
It wasn't long before we realized
There was no time to waste
All I needed was this one
To get me back on my way
It wasn't long before I realized
There was no time to waste
I thank you for soul
No point unless you got soul
This world has got to have soul
Looking round for your soul
Digging down to your soul
I found out you got soul
Holding out all your soul
Lifting up all your soul
I thank you for soul
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If I Found Out Lyrics as written by Joel Laslett Pott Carey Suthon Willetts
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wow! i'm so proud to be the first person to comment! well i really love this song, one of my favourites on tourist, but i don't fully understand the meaning of it. i mean, what is all the soul stuff about? but other than that, a really cool song
i think it's about drugs
"All I needed was this one To get me back on my way"
All i needed was this one DRUG
"Like I'm 11 again I was the highest kid in the world Reached a point with no end Just looking out so I can take it all in"
well he was high, but he didn't need drugs when he was 11 and he liked it a lot
"I thank you for the soul No point unless you get soul This world has got to have soul Looking around for your soul Digging down for your soul I found out you got soul Holding out all your soul Liftinh up all your soul I thank you for soul "
i think this whole thing is about how he is thanking the person who gave him the drugs because he thinks that drugs are basically the best thing everr
"Out of energy I don't know what to do with myself Made it eventually And now I'm resting on the very last breath"
he didn't knwo what to do with himself so he took the drugs, and now they're killing him, hence the line "and now im resting on the very last breath"
i knwo i went backwards
it's just a guess, very open for suggestions
i love this song... and ll of athlete's songs
This song is NOT about drugs!
In the line 'like i'm eleven again' its about when he gave his life to Jesus. The whole soul thing is about the world needing to be saved because if your not then there is nothing for you:
'No point unless you got soul This world has got to have soul'
Something for everyone to think of.
In my opinion, soul can mean a lot of things. Having "soul" could reflect really being alive or happiness. Letting go and realising there's no time to waste is the idea. That's how you end up living life fully and having that sense of soul. Maybe there's just no point to life without it.
wow, and that is my deep thought of the year
no idea what the song is about. but very interesting lyrics indeed.
It's about his finding out his daughter had a seizure two hours after she was born, and the thoughts going through his head as he hurried back to the hospital. The "your soul" is once the child became stable, and they knew she would survive, her soul too would survive.
(Joel told the crowd this when I saw Athlete live last year - I'd trust the guy who wrote it).
i agree with lesplee123. its a beautiful song. the beginning is very, soothing, near childlike tune.
Actually, I thought this sounded like it was about God. And I'd heard that Wires was about his daughter (those lyrics would definitely make sense). Of course they could both be about his daughter, but to me this describes well how it feels when you've been away from God and come back again. "Lifting up all your soul, I thank you for soul" But its a very adaptable song, it could mean any of those things, and more.