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.
What,what was so bad?
What had he done?
To make you return
This time with a gun
Intimidation growing bigger.
What the hell made u pull the trigger?
Spend a lifetime
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand.
Trying to understand.
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
Why you reason
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
With a gun in hand
Thought this all through,
Thought it might be fun.
Shot in the head
To show everyone.
Intimidation growing bigger.
What the hell made u pull the trigger?
Spend a lifetime
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand.
Trying to understand.
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
Why you reason
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
With a gun in hand
Held in his friends arms.
Blood on his face.
Hole in his head.
Gripped by deaths embrace.
Embrace
Embrace
Spend a lifetime
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand.
Trying to understand.
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
Why you reason
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand...
What had he done?
To make you return
This time with a gun
Intimidation growing bigger.
What the hell made u pull the trigger?
Spend a lifetime
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand.
Trying to understand.
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
Why you reason
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
With a gun in hand
Thought this all through,
Thought it might be fun.
Shot in the head
To show everyone.
Intimidation growing bigger.
What the hell made u pull the trigger?
Spend a lifetime
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand.
Trying to understand.
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
Why you reason
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
With a gun in hand
Held in his friends arms.
Blood on his face.
Hole in his head.
Gripped by deaths embrace.
Embrace
Embrace
Spend a lifetime
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand.
Trying to understand.
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
Why you reason
You want it? You got it? You feel it?
Gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand
With a gun in hand...
Lyrics submitted by Killxxxmequickly
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by far my favorite Stutterfly song. Obviousely about suicide, and how its not the right way to go about a hard life. The lyrics just embrace me, and hold me there, along with the music. This song alone could make Stutterfly one of my favorite bands, the others are just added support, all which i love.
the song isnt about suicide.. its about the bands friend.. who was shot in the head and lived. but it could be interprited as suicide...
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i love travis.
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One of my friends knows the lead singer and she asked him what the song means. He told her a story about one night when he watched his best friend get shot and then his friend fell and died in his arms while he embraced him. He wrote this song about that night.