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.
Remember that night
We liked to play old board games
Him into trouble and you into risk
Thank God for gravity he replied
To a question she never asked
Before she made her final move
He stopped motion with his Timex
Grabbed her by the arm and said
Oh my God
Even this overpass
Sees more travel than us
I'm reading what to say
From a book of violent weather
Your limbs flail to music
That only you can hear
Make your mouth some headphones
And whisper in my ear
Oh my God
We liked to play old board games
Him into trouble and you into risk
Thank God for gravity he replied
To a question she never asked
Before she made her final move
He stopped motion with his Timex
Grabbed her by the arm and said
Oh my God
Even this overpass
Sees more travel than us
I'm reading what to say
From a book of violent weather
Your limbs flail to music
That only you can hear
Make your mouth some headphones
And whisper in my ear
Oh my God
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"remember that night we liked to play old board games him into trouble and you into risk thank god for gravity he replied to a question she never asked before she made her final move he stopped motion with his timex, grabbed her by the arm and said
o my god"
Alright so I think that whole part is basically a guy and a girl in a relationship. At first it starts out to be just a game so it was for fun. But then it got serious and resulting in having sex. The timex part is basically saying it was a magical moment that felt like it could last forever. So the Oh my god part here was probably an orgasm :P
"even this overpass sees more travel than us" I think that part is saying that they've gotten into something really big. Something like the girl getting preagnant. "i’m reading what to say from a book of violent weather" This one is hard but I think it's about him saying things to her like: You're going to get through this. Because she's going through labour. "your limbs flail to music that only you can hear" That sounds like she's feeling the pain of her being in labour which only she can feel. "make your mouth some headphones and whisper in my ear
o my god" That part sounds like she's screaming in pain to him from trying to give birth to their baby.
Thats my view on it.
oh (my god) this is amazing :)
the oh my god is ORGASMIC lol jk no its a fuckign good song
holy crap. this song is amazing.
I LOVE THIS SONG!
as i said, I LOV THIS SONG its so amazing and catchy and WHY ISNT THERE MORE COMMENTS THIS SONG ROKS.. so the beginning im trying to "decode" it. so this can be interperated AS a horney song, kk listen: "thank god for gravity he replied, to a question she never asked before she made her final move" okay so thank god for gravity so they can have sex, and then it makes it more clear its abtou sex wen he sais.. b4 she made her FINAL move... so theyr moving on from boardgames NOW, the omg it can be orgasims... i donno but yeah SO the 2nd verse i havnt reallY looked at closeley lke musik that only u can hear can mean like only the love you know.. or something.. just umm yeah im sure that the first verse is definatley about SEX.. any arguments, comments concerns?
Mmm. (oh) god is DEFINITELY orgasmic. haha literally.
Mmm. (oh) god is DEFINITELY orgasmic. haha literally.
oh my god this song is so BLOODY CATCHY! It's definitely about an orgasm... its a real breathy chorus
um, noquestionsasked, i'm pretty sure this song is not about sex. although i could be wrong, i interpret this song as just the observation of friends, or possibly the relationship between friends. nothing explicitly sexual.