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.
You used to laugh at me when I drove a Shriner's car
You said it'd never fly that I'd never get this far
I always knew that I would make it someday
Now you'd be safer staying out of my way
'Cause guess what I'm a Mason now
And you better take care if you want to stay
On the good side of the guy who's
Got the secret handshake down
You think you're pretty bad with your pretty trophy wife
You drive a pretty car through your polo trophy life
I got a robe and a pretty nice ring
You bet that brotherhood's a wonderful thing
Guess what I'm a Mason now
And you better take care if you want to stay
On the good side of the guy who's
Got the secret handshake down
Should we talk about the governments that I control?
Should we talk about the hands of fate, the dice they roll?
The secret things you'll never see?
The secret man you'll never be?
The secret rooms that have no windows?
Too late to make amends cause the wheel's in motion now
So get up off your knees, try to carry on somehow
You can't escape it so you better not try
Now there's some friends of mine who'd like to say hi
Guess what I'm a Mason now
And you better take care if you want to stay
On the good side of the guy who's
Got the secret handshake down
You said it'd never fly that I'd never get this far
I always knew that I would make it someday
Now you'd be safer staying out of my way
'Cause guess what I'm a Mason now
And you better take care if you want to stay
On the good side of the guy who's
Got the secret handshake down
You think you're pretty bad with your pretty trophy wife
You drive a pretty car through your polo trophy life
I got a robe and a pretty nice ring
You bet that brotherhood's a wonderful thing
Guess what I'm a Mason now
And you better take care if you want to stay
On the good side of the guy who's
Got the secret handshake down
Should we talk about the governments that I control?
Should we talk about the hands of fate, the dice they roll?
The secret things you'll never see?
The secret man you'll never be?
The secret rooms that have no windows?
Too late to make amends cause the wheel's in motion now
So get up off your knees, try to carry on somehow
You can't escape it so you better not try
Now there's some friends of mine who'd like to say hi
Guess what I'm a Mason now
And you better take care if you want to stay
On the good side of the guy who's
Got the secret handshake down
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Apparently in the end he gives the guy that made fun of him a beating, mabe he even "got rid of him" for good. "You can't escape it so you better not try, now there's some friends of mine who'd like to say hi"