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.
(Wo-oh, wo-oh)
(No, no, no, no, no, no, no)
(Wo-oh, wo-oh)
(No)
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
February fifth, Friday morning, purple dawn
Broke a yawn as a I stepped through the fog, like I stepped to a song
A moment like a poem, wish you could hold it
Shut my eyes like it's frozen, it's gone when I open
It slipped passed the clouds right there where it lingered
Like a band and a girl could slip through your fingers
Feet hit the ground like a beat for the lonely
On a path beaten down by the crowds in the morning
If only I could touch past the phony
If only they were there now to hold me
The questions keep droning
You're the only one, who stuck it out last night
The only other one, who caught the other line
You're the only one, when this world collides
The one that I can't deny
I said
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No
It's my last year here, my first class moved to portable 'A'
Under construction since summer and it's cold today
I can see my breath and what's left of the west parking lot
And all the spaces that we fought
And it all seems forgotten, left in the bottom
In past piles of rubble in puddles of rain water
That hurt last night when I left like that
When I won't come back speaking my peace to the past
I can't help but wonder who is this wind at my back
A whisper to walk on come on from all that
You're the only one, who stuck it out last night
The only other one, who caught the other line
You're the only one, when this world collides
The one that I can't deny
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No
How am I gonna take it away in this winter wind?
You found me on a summer breeze
How am I gonna run away when the autumn breaks?
Now that you found me in the spring
Come on and sing it out
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
It's undeniable (wo-oh, wo-oh)
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world (wo-oh, wo-oh)
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh-oh
(No, no, no, no, no, no, no)
(Wo-oh, wo-oh)
(No)
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
February fifth, Friday morning, purple dawn
Broke a yawn as a I stepped through the fog, like I stepped to a song
A moment like a poem, wish you could hold it
Shut my eyes like it's frozen, it's gone when I open
It slipped passed the clouds right there where it lingered
Like a band and a girl could slip through your fingers
Feet hit the ground like a beat for the lonely
On a path beaten down by the crowds in the morning
If only I could touch past the phony
If only they were there now to hold me
The questions keep droning
You're the only one, who stuck it out last night
The only other one, who caught the other line
You're the only one, when this world collides
The one that I can't deny
I said
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No
It's my last year here, my first class moved to portable 'A'
Under construction since summer and it's cold today
I can see my breath and what's left of the west parking lot
And all the spaces that we fought
And it all seems forgotten, left in the bottom
In past piles of rubble in puddles of rain water
That hurt last night when I left like that
When I won't come back speaking my peace to the past
I can't help but wonder who is this wind at my back
A whisper to walk on come on from all that
You're the only one, who stuck it out last night
The only other one, who caught the other line
You're the only one, when this world collides
The one that I can't deny
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Wo-oh, wo-oh
No
How am I gonna take it away in this winter wind?
You found me on a summer breeze
How am I gonna run away when the autumn breaks?
Now that you found me in the spring
Come on and sing it out
It's undeniable
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
It's undeniable (wo-oh, wo-oh)
How brilliant you are
An unreliable world (wo-oh, wo-oh)
You shine like a star
It's unforgettable now that we've come this far
It's unmistakable that you're undeniable
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh
Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh-oh
Lyrics submitted by MCWillinger
Undeniable Lyrics as written by Robert L. Marvin Mathew Kearney
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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And Christ is brilliant, because he not only sticks it out but is the one who heals us and works things out better than they would have been if there never had been any hurt. He is the "wind at our backs" encouraging me to "come on from all that."