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.
Home, a silence put to glass
That stutters words misleading here
Give me all you've got, with one shot sent to let me know, oh
Here across the grass between the glass
Yeah, I know you're not the one I left to wait here, helping
I, I left in a sudden rush and never said why
You couldn't know that I had no goodbyes
Oh, but I wish that you were
I'm spying on you, Newo
The way that you would've been
If I stayed here at home
I'm giving it up, Newo
How important I could've been to you
Press the steps I take to cross your door frame
You decide to answer when my fist swings hello
I, I left in a sudden rush and never said why
You couldn't know that I had no goodbyes
Oh, but I wish that you were
I'm spying on you, Newo
The way that you would've been
If I stayed here at home
I'm giving it up, Newo
How important I could've been to you
Casting quarters into wells that hold our dreams
You won't believe me
If I told you so
Casting quarters into wells that hold our dreams
You won't believe me
I would if you told me so
Darlin' Newo, oh oh
But I wish that you were
I'm spying on you, Newo
The way that you would've been
If I stayed here at home
I'm giving it up, Newo
How important I could've been to you
That stutters words misleading here
Give me all you've got, with one shot sent to let me know, oh
Here across the grass between the glass
Yeah, I know you're not the one I left to wait here, helping
I, I left in a sudden rush and never said why
You couldn't know that I had no goodbyes
Oh, but I wish that you were
I'm spying on you, Newo
The way that you would've been
If I stayed here at home
I'm giving it up, Newo
How important I could've been to you
Press the steps I take to cross your door frame
You decide to answer when my fist swings hello
I, I left in a sudden rush and never said why
You couldn't know that I had no goodbyes
Oh, but I wish that you were
I'm spying on you, Newo
The way that you would've been
If I stayed here at home
I'm giving it up, Newo
How important I could've been to you
Casting quarters into wells that hold our dreams
You won't believe me
If I told you so
Casting quarters into wells that hold our dreams
You won't believe me
I would if you told me so
Darlin' Newo, oh oh
But I wish that you were
I'm spying on you, Newo
The way that you would've been
If I stayed here at home
I'm giving it up, Newo
How important I could've been to you
Lyrics submitted by hellarack99, edited by Mellow_Harsher, Planets89
Crossing the Frame Lyrics as written by Joshua Eppard Claudio Sanchez
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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How about the REAL lyrics and the meaning? :
home... a silence between glares misleading here... give me all you got with one shot sent to lend me no... here across the grass between the glass i know... your not the one i left to wait here, helping i... i left in a sudden rush and never said why you... couldnt know that i had no goodbyes
but i wish that you were... im spying on you, Newo ...the way you would've been if i stayed here at home im giving you up, Newo how important i could've been to you
press the steps i take to cross your door frame if you decide to answer when my fist rings hello
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MEANING: "In Second Stage, the Writer wrote a love interest for the Character [Claudio]. Her name is Newo. 'Crossing the Frame' is the parallels between Newo and Erica Court, the Writer's love interest." -Claudio Sanchez
It sounds more like "Gimme all you got with one shot sent to let me know-oh..."