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.
Oh God hold me now.
Oh Lord hold me now.
There's no other man
who could raise the dead.
So do what you can
to anoint my head.
Oh God, where are you now?
Oh Lord save somehow.
The Devil is hard on my face again.
The world is a hundred to one again.
Would the righteous still remain?
Would my body stay the same?
Oh God hold me now.
Oh God touch me now.
There's no other man
who could save the dead.
There's no other garden
to place our head.
Would the righteous still remain?
Would my body stay the same?
There's no other man
who could raise the dead.
So do what you can
to anoint my head.
Oh God hold me now.
Oh Lord touch me now.
Oh Lord hold me now.
There's no other man
who could raise the dead.
So do what you can
to anoint my head.
Oh God, where are you now?
Oh Lord save somehow.
The Devil is hard on my face again.
The world is a hundred to one again.
Would the righteous still remain?
Would my body stay the same?
Oh God hold me now.
Oh God touch me now.
There's no other man
who could save the dead.
There's no other garden
to place our head.
Would the righteous still remain?
Would my body stay the same?
There's no other man
who could raise the dead.
So do what you can
to anoint my head.
Oh God hold me now.
Oh Lord touch me now.
Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) song meanings
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