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.
I know it's where we had to end,
The torch we doused, we lit again,
The flame of our reflection kept us
holding on from far away,
The dreams we had, the love we made,
The times we drank ourselves asleep to wake up to what we believe,
In what we have and what we need,
We'll wonder how good it can get,
(Much better than this)
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
I guess it's where the time begins,
When you get drunk and call again,
And I can't sit here listening to how bad you want to pave the way,
To drink yourself like Hemingway,
So you can make a memory from the things you never turned into,
In every girl that I'll go through,
They'll wonder how good it can get,
(Much better than this)
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
I hear from your friends your still alive,
I guess I wasted those wishes on nothing,
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
The torch we doused, we lit again,
The flame of our reflection kept us
holding on from far away,
The dreams we had, the love we made,
The times we drank ourselves asleep to wake up to what we believe,
In what we have and what we need,
We'll wonder how good it can get,
(Much better than this)
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
I guess it's where the time begins,
When you get drunk and call again,
And I can't sit here listening to how bad you want to pave the way,
To drink yourself like Hemingway,
So you can make a memory from the things you never turned into,
In every girl that I'll go through,
They'll wonder how good it can get,
(Much better than this)
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
I hear from your friends your still alive,
I guess I wasted those wishes on nothing,
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
I'm in the good life now,
I see myself,
Smiling bigger and wider than you ever knew how,
I'm in the good life now,
All by myself,
Getting better with every regret I allow,
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
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