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.
All the windows
Swear to miss you
And the doors are cell block tight
Sweet sedation
Sweep the issues
And the clocks about to strike
Did it call you down
Are you back just yet
Waiting now please come set me free
And the only sound is a minute left
This could be, this could be the last time
It's a chance to fix mistakes
One more for the last time
Does it blow our dreams away
Don't waste this chance with your smile
Ten seconds left on this dial
This could be the last time
Along the staircase
I dream to hear you
In a whisper quiet room
Space the thinking
Space to scream to
But the echoes sound like you
Not the stars at night
In a pitch black sky
I don't know just wants to see you
But the time is right and it only flies
This could be, this could be the last time
It's a chance to fix mistakes
One more for the last time
Does it blow our dreams away
Don't waste this chance with your smile
Ten seconds left on this dial
This could be the last time
It's only us
It's only now
A simple wish
It's only tonight
This could be the last time
Now I've made our last mistake
One more for the last time (this could be) (this could be)
Does it blow our dreams away (this could be) (this could be)
Don't waste this chance with your smile (this could be (this could be)
Ten seconds left on this dial (this could be) (this could be)
This could be the last time (this could be) (this could be)
It's only us
It's only now
It's only tonight
Swear to miss you
And the doors are cell block tight
Sweet sedation
Sweep the issues
And the clocks about to strike
Did it call you down
Are you back just yet
Waiting now please come set me free
And the only sound is a minute left
This could be, this could be the last time
It's a chance to fix mistakes
One more for the last time
Does it blow our dreams away
Don't waste this chance with your smile
Ten seconds left on this dial
This could be the last time
Along the staircase
I dream to hear you
In a whisper quiet room
Space the thinking
Space to scream to
But the echoes sound like you
Not the stars at night
In a pitch black sky
I don't know just wants to see you
But the time is right and it only flies
This could be, this could be the last time
It's a chance to fix mistakes
One more for the last time
Does it blow our dreams away
Don't waste this chance with your smile
Ten seconds left on this dial
This could be the last time
It's only us
It's only now
A simple wish
It's only tonight
This could be the last time
Now I've made our last mistake
One more for the last time (this could be) (this could be)
Does it blow our dreams away (this could be) (this could be)
Don't waste this chance with your smile (this could be (this could be)
Ten seconds left on this dial (this could be) (this could be)
This could be the last time (this could be) (this could be)
It's only us
It's only now
It's only tonight
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
11:11 P.M. Lyrics as written by Tyson V. Ritter Nick Don Wheeler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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i like to make my wishes at 12:34. it really works! i love this song. i think more then anything it's about being with someone that you love, but you know in side that it will be the last time you are gonna be with them, and as much as you love them, through all the mistakes, you can't be with them. so you don't care if it's a mistake to be with them that last time because it's your last chance to make it, and making it again won't change anything. i know exactly how it feels because i love someone who already lives too far away as it is (in my opinion anyways...) and he's coming to visit for a week, and then like a week after he goes back i am moving half way across the country from him, so i had to tell him it was our last chance to make all our old mistakes once again.