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 sit at home and watch TV
Tits and games are boring me
The only show I like to see
True life - Reality
Rear-end collision in the highway fog
This news sounds good to me
Blood and guts and women with a shock
I zip away
A boy out the window of a burning house
He is very brave and jumps
A lovely sound and the brain slashes around
I turn it off
I sit at home and watch TV
Reality shows are boring me
The only thrill I like to see
Real life - Reality
I spill the oil in my favourite turn
And watch the speedsters crash
I hear them scream and watch them burn
No zip away
Wood and carpets burst in flames
I used the gasoline
The office-employees in the 22nd floor
Screams
I call the private television network
Front row for the cameramen
I prefer to watch true reality at home
True life - Reality
Real life - Reality
True life
Tits and games are boring me
The only show I like to see
True life - Reality
Rear-end collision in the highway fog
This news sounds good to me
Blood and guts and women with a shock
I zip away
A boy out the window of a burning house
He is very brave and jumps
A lovely sound and the brain slashes around
I turn it off
I sit at home and watch TV
Reality shows are boring me
The only thrill I like to see
Real life - Reality
I spill the oil in my favourite turn
And watch the speedsters crash
I hear them scream and watch them burn
No zip away
Wood and carpets burst in flames
I used the gasoline
The office-employees in the 22nd floor
Screams
I call the private television network
Front row for the cameramen
I prefer to watch true reality at home
True life - Reality
Real life - Reality
True life
Lyrics submitted by TheEvilBlueberry1
True Life Lyrics as written by Jacek Perkowski Alexander Wank
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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