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.
Hey Amanda
Where'd you find these crazy boys this time?
They say you're pretty but you don't think they're right.
Hey amanda
While you're staring at your telephone tonight
do you feel like turning it off, turning off all of the lights?
Pin your wings down
if it's over now
Pin your wings down
just take a chance somehow
Hey amanda
who just threw your heart away this time?
And when you're crying on your bed does he help keep you alive?
Pin your wings down
if it's all over now
Pin your wings down
just take a chance somehow
I'll take the blame if you take me home now
Cuz there's no place left for trust in all this pain
And you know when it rains in this town I get washed away
Without a sound
So pin my wings down
if it's over
if it's over now
Pin your wings down
if it's over now
Pin your wings down
just take a chance somehow
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I have a somewhat different view on this song....I think its about a girl who has very low self esteem....ahem, lyric-by-lyric interpretation right here...
Hey Amanda Where'd you find these crazy boys this time? They say you're pretty but you don't think they're right.
Heres where it says she has low self esteem....
Hey amanda While you're staring at your telephone tonight do you feel like turning it off, turning off all of the lights?
Her self esteem is so low that she needs a guy all the time to make her feel better about herself....but shes becoming desperate....and shes waiting for a guy who wont satisfy her self esteem need
Pin your wings down if it's over now Pin your wings down just take a chance somehow
I think right here the narrator is being sarcastic in a sense...her wings are already pinned down by her lack of confidence in herself and thats what hes telling her....when hes says take a chance, hes telling her to forget depending on other guys, and to love herself for who she is....
Hey amanda who just threw your heart away this time? And when you're crying on your bed does he help keep you alive?
Again, we see her desperation for a guy who doesnt help...and when he says that shes crying on her bed does it help keep you alive he is saying that even though he is not being the greatest guy, shes still with him, because she has a low self esteem...
I'll take the blame if you take me home now Cuz there's no place left for trust in all this pain And you know when it rains in this town I get washed away Without a sound So pin my wings down
i think right here the narrator is confessing his love for her, and also that he is like her too...saying that he has low self esteem, and so he knows what it feels like..."I'll take the blame if you take me home now"--saying he will take the blame for everything that has happened to her if she will love him...."Cuz there's no place left for trust in all this pain"--saying that he agrees with her feelings about not trusting anyone and that she doesnt have to trust him just yet, she just has to let him love her...."And you know when it rains in this town I get washed away Without a sound"--saying that he knows what it feels like to have little self confidence....that when people critisize him, he just gives in and gets weaker....
Its a stretch, but thats my interpretation...great great song just love it! Hope this interpretation makes sense....