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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one thank you stevo and fuck you hellacrack99 the same person who fucked up the lyrics for welcome home, I think i speak for everyone in saying, STOP MAKING MISTAKES MANY OF US USE THIS SITE JUST FOR LYRICS AND DON'T EVEN READ THE MEANINGS SO WHY DON'T YOU STOP FUCKING THINGS UP bastard.