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.
Dear charming kite
Do litely bite
The foggy fields, the lowing lanes
The rickety roads and the kneeling plains
Oh lazy light
With massive might
You down my dream of snowy cloth
Felt snapping white as albatross
Is bitten by the wind and rocks
Is hushed into the clary moss
Is ushered here to count his loss
My kite, pale cotton, willow cross
Take my tattered fist
It's like a catalyst
It's like a roiling, rising wall of 'Has it come to this?'
If this is medicine, whoa-oh
It tastes like medicine
Just help me get it in
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite, oh whoa-oh
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite, oh whoa-oh
Oh gnarly night
It's like a dogfight
It's like a cat fight
And if I could just hold you close to me, whoa-oh
I guess I'd hold you close to me
It's like a bull fight
And I say I'd give you a piece of my mind
But I'm giving you a piece of my mind
You blush-ing boy, how could you be so blind?
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite
Oh, oh
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite, oh whoa-oh
La da da, dee di
Look at my kite fly
Over foggy fields, the pungent pines
The verdant vales, and the vapid vines
And the thousand purple cups of wine
The tearing teeth and the four full tines
The crumpling feast and the dawdling dine
And you do
Get me off the floor
Stand there staring for a minute
Like you never saw a girl before
There is the door
At night the streets are like an open mouth
I head south
And you stand fair and square, and I stand there
Until the fall blots me out
There is no more
The cat and mouse to block the door
There is no more
Do litely bite
The foggy fields, the lowing lanes
The rickety roads and the kneeling plains
Oh lazy light
With massive might
You down my dream of snowy cloth
Felt snapping white as albatross
Is bitten by the wind and rocks
Is hushed into the clary moss
Is ushered here to count his loss
My kite, pale cotton, willow cross
Take my tattered fist
It's like a catalyst
It's like a roiling, rising wall of 'Has it come to this?'
If this is medicine, whoa-oh
It tastes like medicine
Just help me get it in
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite, oh whoa-oh
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite, oh whoa-oh
Oh gnarly night
It's like a dogfight
It's like a cat fight
And if I could just hold you close to me, whoa-oh
I guess I'd hold you close to me
It's like a bull fight
And I say I'd give you a piece of my mind
But I'm giving you a piece of my mind
You blush-ing boy, how could you be so blind?
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite
Oh, oh
Flying a kite, flying
A kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying a kite, flying a
Kite, flying a kite
Flying, flying a
Kite, oh whoa-oh
La da da, dee di
Look at my kite fly
Over foggy fields, the pungent pines
The verdant vales, and the vapid vines
And the thousand purple cups of wine
The tearing teeth and the four full tines
The crumpling feast and the dawdling dine
And you do
Get me off the floor
Stand there staring for a minute
Like you never saw a girl before
There is the door
At night the streets are like an open mouth
I head south
And you stand fair and square, and I stand there
Until the fall blots me out
There is no more
The cat and mouse to block the door
There is no more
Lyrics submitted by amina, edited by emily10213
Flying a Kite Lyrics as written by Joanna Newsom
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Drugs. Common, ever hear the expression "high and a kite"? And also, there are some other references, like "the foggy fields", and
"If this is medicine woah-oh It tastes like medicine Just help me get it in"
seems to refer to shooting up. Some other things like "Is bitten by the wind and rocks" and "like the streets are like an open mouth" seem to indicate that the person doing the drugs is out on the streets, i.e. homeless.
Also, this is kinda out there, but
"And i see i give you a piece of my mind But i'm giving you a piece of my mouth You blushing boy,s how could you be so blind?"
Call me a perv but might this mean giving head for drugs?