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.
A row of dominoes falls in a row as the force in
between them continuously flows into a breeze that
billows and blows some trees that crashes into
somebody's window.
You say you don't deserve it but you get what you get
living in a family of debts
Sentanced to a life of dollars and cents
since you traded your friends just to pay the rent.
You say what you say and you only hear what
It starts with their lips and it ends with their butts
Working it, jerking it, shirking it off
He stands up, drows trow, turns his head and he coughs
For the good, for the bad, for those who found love
for the first time tonight
For those who found it all but it doesn't seem right
For those in their awesome fun cars
Cold wind, blow me again
Don't make me sad that the world's gonna end
'Cause your mothers and your brothers and your
sisters too will be dead, yeah, will be dead
and so will you
So get off my case
A row of dominoes, a row of yes and no's
Cause into effect and effect into cause,
There's no way to stop them, they're natural laws
You are not who you are, you are just what you do
'Til it ends with their but's and it starts with your shoe
Do it for the memory, do it for the taste
Do it for your brain cells got plenty to waste
For the good, for the bad, for those who found love
for the first time tonight
For those who found it all but it doesn't seem right
For those in their awesome fun cars
Get off my case
Get off my case
There's plenty more examples of human waste
And if you don't want to see your sons turn to rot
Then teach 'em how to forget that system that you taught
between them continuously flows into a breeze that
billows and blows some trees that crashes into
somebody's window.
You say you don't deserve it but you get what you get
living in a family of debts
Sentanced to a life of dollars and cents
since you traded your friends just to pay the rent.
You say what you say and you only hear what
It starts with their lips and it ends with their butts
Working it, jerking it, shirking it off
He stands up, drows trow, turns his head and he coughs
For the good, for the bad, for those who found love
for the first time tonight
For those who found it all but it doesn't seem right
For those in their awesome fun cars
Cold wind, blow me again
Don't make me sad that the world's gonna end
'Cause your mothers and your brothers and your
sisters too will be dead, yeah, will be dead
and so will you
So get off my case
A row of dominoes, a row of yes and no's
Cause into effect and effect into cause,
There's no way to stop them, they're natural laws
You are not who you are, you are just what you do
'Til it ends with their but's and it starts with your shoe
Do it for the memory, do it for the taste
Do it for your brain cells got plenty to waste
For the good, for the bad, for those who found love
for the first time tonight
For those who found it all but it doesn't seem right
For those in their awesome fun cars
Get off my case
Get off my case
There's plenty more examples of human waste
And if you don't want to see your sons turn to rot
Then teach 'em how to forget that system that you taught
Lyrics submitted by lemonaderain
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