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.
It's been a tough year for all it's worth
Still keep my phone number at the bottom of your purse
Between your sticks of gum and all the
Reasons why you don't call me anymore
Just in case you change your mind
Hang a right at the lights, I get off work at five
I'm a song away on your stereo
So just get in your car and drive
I think it's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
And there's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
That's what you want me to do
Four years I kept so clean
December came and I broke last week
Now there's a message on your machine
That I wish I could erase
In a coffee shop, behind menu's
Into a porcelain cup you broke the news
When you said there's nothing here left for you
Well I guess you meant me too
But it's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
There's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
There's a tattoo
On your shoulder
And it reminds me
We get a little older (we get a little older)
We get a little older (we get a little older)
Here I am
Washed up on your shore once again
For reasons even I don't understand
I'm drawn into your flame
It's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
There's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
I think it's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
And there's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
Well, it's high time
Still keep my phone number at the bottom of your purse
Between your sticks of gum and all the
Reasons why you don't call me anymore
Just in case you change your mind
Hang a right at the lights, I get off work at five
I'm a song away on your stereo
So just get in your car and drive
I think it's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
And there's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
That's what you want me to do
Four years I kept so clean
December came and I broke last week
Now there's a message on your machine
That I wish I could erase
In a coffee shop, behind menu's
Into a porcelain cup you broke the news
When you said there's nothing here left for you
Well I guess you meant me too
But it's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
There's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
There's a tattoo
On your shoulder
And it reminds me
We get a little older (we get a little older)
We get a little older (we get a little older)
Here I am
Washed up on your shore once again
For reasons even I don't understand
I'm drawn into your flame
It's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
There's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
I think it's high time you find
Diamonds in this coalmine called me
And there's reasons to prove I can change
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
If that's what you want me to do
Well, it's high time
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"Just in case you change your mind Hang a right at the lights, I get off work at five I'm a song away on your stereo So just get in your car and drive" Where he works, and being 'a song away' meaning it only takes a couple minutes, hoping she'll take a few minutes to see him.
"I think it's high time you find Diamonds in this coalmine called me" He thinks its time she saw something she like in him.
"And there's reasons to prove I can change If that's what you want me to do" He would change for her.
"Four years I kept so clean December came and I broke last week Now there's a message on your machine That I wish I could erase" For some reason this makes me think of alchohol. So maybe he was sober for four years and then broke and left a message on her machine which he regrets. I thought maybe it could be four years of not calling her but at the start it mentions one year, which makes me think theyve been broken up for only one year.
"In a coffee shop, behind menu's Into a porcelain cup you broke the news When you said there's nothing here left for you Well I guess you meant me too" I think this is more of a nostalgic flashback to when she broke up with him, telling him there was nothing for her, and he thinks there was nothing for him aswell.
"There's a tattoo On your shoulder And it reminds me We get a little older (we get a little older) We get a little older (we get a little older)" I think it means theres a tattoo on her shoulder (duh) but when he see's it, it reminds him of her, and that theyre getting older and wiser and they might get back together.
"Here I am Washed up on your shore once again For reasons even I don't understand I'm drawn into your flame" He's come back to her and he doesnt know why he's still in love with her.