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.
So at my show on Monday
I was hoping someday
You'd be on your way to better things
It's not about your make-up
Or how you try to shape up
To these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams, honey
So now you pour your heart out
You're tellin' me you're far out
Not about to lie down for your cause
But you don't pull my strings
'Cause I'm a better man
Movin' onto better things
But, uh-oh, oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
And at the show on Tuesday
She was in her mindset
Tempered furs and spangled boots
Looks are deceiving
Make me believe it
And these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams, honey, yeah
So won't you go far
Tell me you're a keeper
Not about to lie down for your cause
And you don't pull my strings
'Cause I'm a better man
Movin' onto better things
But, uh-oh, oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
Yes, I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
And kept them up instead of
Kickin' us back down to the suburbs
Yes, I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
We kept them up instead of
Kickin' us back down to the suburbs
But, uh-oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
But, uh-oh, oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
I was hoping someday
You'd be on your way to better things
It's not about your make-up
Or how you try to shape up
To these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams, honey
So now you pour your heart out
You're tellin' me you're far out
Not about to lie down for your cause
But you don't pull my strings
'Cause I'm a better man
Movin' onto better things
But, uh-oh, oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
And at the show on Tuesday
She was in her mindset
Tempered furs and spangled boots
Looks are deceiving
Make me believe it
And these tiresome paper dreams
Paper dreams, honey, yeah
So won't you go far
Tell me you're a keeper
Not about to lie down for your cause
And you don't pull my strings
'Cause I'm a better man
Movin' onto better things
But, uh-oh, oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
Yes, I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
And kept them up instead of
Kickin' us back down to the suburbs
Yes, I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
We kept them up instead of
Kickin' us back down to the suburbs
But, uh-oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
But, uh-oh, oh, I love her because
She moves in her own way
But, uh-oh, oh, she came to my show
Just to hear about my day
Lyrics submitted by Nuclear.Sky
She Moves In Her Own Way Lyrics as written by Luke Pritchard Hugh Murray Harris
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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"Yes our wish's that we never made it Through all the summers" means how sometimes they wished they wasnt famous cos every summer they both tour seperately and dont get to see each other.
as i said this is only what ive heard so dont know how true it is but the lyrics do kinda fit.
Interesting born-2-lose. That's the only part I wasn't getting. <br /> "Yes our wish that we never made it." =They wish they one of them or both never made it.<br /> I think "through all the summers" belongs to the next sentence though...<br /> "Through all the summers we kept em up instead of kicking us back down to the suburbs"<br /> And it basically tells the same message.