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.
Wait, dear
White horse is walking down my
Street here
Your words are creeping at my feet
I fear
That sunrise will come too soon and you'll
Disappear
To the haze of a city and yourself
Oh no
Look out
They're coming after us with big guns
They're only going to tell you all the bad things I've done
Even if the words they say aren't true
They've won
Now I'm left here dying in the sun
Whoa
Seem like I'm only coming
Seem like I'm never coming
Seem like in my eyes I'm at
I bet all the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you
Late nights
Won't do me justice
When I drink I
Just get so damn depressed
And it's, it's not like
I ain't trying to get over you
It's just hard to look at all the seasons pass me all the time
And I said
Whoa
Seem like I'm only coming
Seem like I'm never coming
Seem like in my eyes I'm at
I bet all the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you
One last
Phone call from you
It wouldn't hurt much
I just like to hear your voice
And pretend to touch
Any inch of you that hasn't said it all or read it all
I sung my life away
And I say
Whoa
Seem like I'm only coming
Seem like I'm never coming
Seem like in my eyes I'm at
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you (seem like I'm only coming)
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you (seem like I'm never coming)
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you (seem like I'm only coming)
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you
White horse is walking down my
Street here
Your words are creeping at my feet
I fear
That sunrise will come too soon and you'll
Disappear
To the haze of a city and yourself
Oh no
Look out
They're coming after us with big guns
They're only going to tell you all the bad things I've done
Even if the words they say aren't true
They've won
Now I'm left here dying in the sun
Whoa
Seem like I'm only coming
Seem like I'm never coming
Seem like in my eyes I'm at
I bet all the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you
Late nights
Won't do me justice
When I drink I
Just get so damn depressed
And it's, it's not like
I ain't trying to get over you
It's just hard to look at all the seasons pass me all the time
And I said
Whoa
Seem like I'm only coming
Seem like I'm never coming
Seem like in my eyes I'm at
I bet all the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you
One last
Phone call from you
It wouldn't hurt much
I just like to hear your voice
And pretend to touch
Any inch of you that hasn't said it all or read it all
I sung my life away
And I say
Whoa
Seem like I'm only coming
Seem like I'm never coming
Seem like in my eyes I'm at
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you (seem like I'm only coming)
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you (seem like I'm never coming)
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you (seem like I'm only coming)
All the stars and boulevards
Aren't close enough to you
Lyrics submitted by insomniac328, edited by frerhrolf, sXe LEXXI, adngai
Stars and Boulevards Lyrics as written by Jared Palomar Daniel Layus
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Does anyone else think that by stars he's not talking about the ones in the sky, but like hollywood stars and hollywood boulevard? I think this song is about how he always has to leave his girlfriend because he's so focused on his singing and career, hence "sung my life away" and "seems like i'm always coming home". eventually he loses her and now he really misses her and wants her back