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.
We can get rid of your feeling,
I should give it up or spit it out.
Confide my own join your crowd,
I'm not insecure so make my tracks.
Flourescent lights, smoked filled rooms,
Well I ended up with broken past.
The room would swell, I'm in view.
Confuse me first consume me last.
Please get away from your disco clouds.
Days we've taken all for granted,
All for granted now.
Days I cannot wait to present,
Can I ... we could last forever.
... to this photo call,
To capture the moment when you fall.
Please get away from your disco clouds,
Your disco clouds.
Please get away from your disco clouds,
Your disco clouds.
Days we've taken all for granted,
Days we've taken all for granted.
Days we've taken all for granted,
All for granted, now.
The days I cannot wait to present,
Again, again we could last forever.
I should give it up or spit it out.
Confide my own join your crowd,
I'm not insecure so make my tracks.
Flourescent lights, smoked filled rooms,
Well I ended up with broken past.
The room would swell, I'm in view.
Confuse me first consume me last.
Please get away from your disco clouds.
Days we've taken all for granted,
All for granted now.
Days I cannot wait to present,
Can I ... we could last forever.
... to this photo call,
To capture the moment when you fall.
Please get away from your disco clouds,
Your disco clouds.
Please get away from your disco clouds,
Your disco clouds.
Days we've taken all for granted,
Days we've taken all for granted.
Days we've taken all for granted,
All for granted, now.
The days I cannot wait to present,
Again, again we could last forever.
Lyrics submitted by diary_of_always
17 Lyrics as written by Ross Bradbury Harley Paul Gamble Beresford
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I honestly have no idea what this song means, but "disco clouds" sounds like fog from a dry ice machine in a club maybe?
It kind of sounds like he danced with some chick at a club and he's infatuated with her ("Can't get rid of your feeling"). She seems to be more dominant than him and he's loving it. As he's dancing with her, he knows he's going to want to remember her and imagine that they'll be together forever ("And the days we’ve taken all for granted now are the days I cannot wait to pretend again and again. We could last forever.") so he wants her get out from behind the "disco clouds" (dry ice machine fog??) so he can remember her face.
I am probably way off. But oh well.
I reckon it's about how you don't truly appreciate your teenage years until they've gone, and by then it's too late.
It reminds me of been on mushrooms.
Also that our teenage years are gone so fast.
I think its about your teenage years. "the days we've taken all for granted" people take their teenage years for granted and dont realise that these are the best years of their life. "are the days i can not wait to pretend again and again" he's talking about that in later years we'll reminisce over our earlier years and relive them in our head again and again "we could last forever" i think this could either mean that our teenage years will always stay with us via the memories, or that if we savour every moment it will seem that they are everlasting. the title 17 also suggest the idea of teenage years. Not too sure about the "disco clouds" bit, maybe saying to clear your eyes and realise whats happening, or a connection to a night club. anyway thats my opinion
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