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'd like to believe
in one thing that
you'd say to me
would you like to leave
when i try to talk it all
it turns out to be
turn on the stove
in the little tiny room
that our friend calls a home
my head fills with heat
from the knife in your hand
to mine
I'd like to understand
what you think about why
it seems so bad
it's only escape
from everything i know i'm weak
i know that i'm sad
turn on the stove
in the tiny little room
that our friend calls a home
my head fills with heat
from the knife in your hand
to mine
sand
in one thing that
you'd say to me
would you like to leave
when i try to talk it all
it turns out to be
turn on the stove
in the little tiny room
that our friend calls a home
my head fills with heat
from the knife in your hand
to mine
I'd like to understand
what you think about why
it seems so bad
it's only escape
from everything i know i'm weak
i know that i'm sad
turn on the stove
in the tiny little room
that our friend calls a home
my head fills with heat
from the knife in your hand
to mine
sand
Lyrics submitted by happensallthetime
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I KNEW IT. or i knew i couldnt be the only person who thought that. i did not know they had knifers in canada around that time though. i have always been of the belief (as well as almost as every one i know) that knifers are largely an isolated, pacific northwest phenomenon. in fact, i've heard it convincingly argued by many over the years that they were invented in my very hometown. the whole subject is very intriguing and mysterious and makes me feel at the center of a universe which is part real, part figment of a dream i created.