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.
See this here
This is crucial
Yeah
This is an emergency
They shot down in the door
They did it cause they paid a fee
Now there's nothing to die for
All the kids from miles around
Are fools in paradise
Don't know about the firing sound
So this scene isn't I saw
Come in bat me fly away
Ja ja come and Zoe I like see another day
All I think about if I were just to run away
Will I come back to love you now?
I don't want to change the world
I only want to stop pretending
What you say? Come again
What you say? Come again now
Nothing left to the little bird
I only hope you're all ascending high
What you say? Come again
What you say? Come again now
All around my home town
They try to chop me down
But the truth shall not forsake me
Take me up to higher grounds
And ooohh-hoooo
You're the light when the feeling is dark
You're pretending the game is a rule
Because you're born and you're dying my heart
I don't want to change the world
I only want to stop pretending
What you say? Come again
What you say? Come again now
I will never let you down
I'll be right here beside you, hanging around
So if you think you let me down
You leave me here in silence, without a sound
Change words
Ch-change verse
We change verbs
Cause why would I change when there's no one to play the time?
This is crucial
Yeah
This is an emergency
They shot down in the door
They did it cause they paid a fee
Now there's nothing to die for
All the kids from miles around
Are fools in paradise
Don't know about the firing sound
So this scene isn't I saw
Come in bat me fly away
Ja ja come and Zoe I like see another day
All I think about if I were just to run away
Will I come back to love you now?
I don't want to change the world
I only want to stop pretending
What you say? Come again
What you say? Come again now
Nothing left to the little bird
I only hope you're all ascending high
What you say? Come again
What you say? Come again now
All around my home town
They try to chop me down
But the truth shall not forsake me
Take me up to higher grounds
And ooohh-hoooo
You're the light when the feeling is dark
You're pretending the game is a rule
Because you're born and you're dying my heart
I don't want to change the world
I only want to stop pretending
What you say? Come again
What you say? Come again now
I will never let you down
I'll be right here beside you, hanging around
So if you think you let me down
You leave me here in silence, without a sound
Change words
Ch-change verse
We change verbs
Cause why would I change when there's no one to play the time?
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