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'm counting back
The number of the steps
It took for me to get
Back on the wagon of the weekend
I'll use the auto-timer to prove that I'll
Get home with my imagination
If they find the body in the basement
"In the very house that she was raised in"
I'm taking down
The number of the Times
So when we get the sign
From God I'll be the first to call them
I'm taking back the number of the beast
'Cause six is not a pretty number
Eight or three are definitely better
A is for the address on the letter
To my alcoholic friends
I'm trying hard
Not to be ashamed
Not to know the name
Of who is waking up beside me
Or the date, the season or the city
But at least the ceiling's very pretty
And if you are holding it against me
I'll be on my best behavior
Taking shots for mother nature
Once my fist is in the cupboard
Love is never falling over
(Hey)
(One, two, three, four)
Should I choose a noble occupation?
If I did I'd only show up late and sick
And they would stare at me with hatred
Plus my only natural talent's wasted on my alcoholic friends
My alcoholic friends
The party never ends
My alcoholic friends
The number of the steps
It took for me to get
Back on the wagon of the weekend
I'll use the auto-timer to prove that I'll
Get home with my imagination
If they find the body in the basement
"In the very house that she was raised in"
I'm taking down
The number of the Times
So when we get the sign
From God I'll be the first to call them
I'm taking back the number of the beast
'Cause six is not a pretty number
Eight or three are definitely better
A is for the address on the letter
To my alcoholic friends
I'm trying hard
Not to be ashamed
Not to know the name
Of who is waking up beside me
Or the date, the season or the city
But at least the ceiling's very pretty
And if you are holding it against me
I'll be on my best behavior
Taking shots for mother nature
Once my fist is in the cupboard
Love is never falling over
(Hey)
(One, two, three, four)
Should I choose a noble occupation?
If I did I'd only show up late and sick
And they would stare at me with hatred
Plus my only natural talent's wasted on my alcoholic friends
My alcoholic friends
The party never ends
My alcoholic friends
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/Staring at the ceiling/ obviously means she's getting f****d, lying on her back. duh. She's trying hard not to remember the name of the [GUY] who is waking up beside her. Not to be ashamed for sleeping with him. Not to remember the time or the place, and let go of everything in the world and just feel some small joy in the moment. And if you're holding it against her that she is "promiscuous" as so many women are called, she says she's on her best behavior, sarcastically. She's taking for mother nature, sarcastically. Once her fist is in (sexually) then love is never falling over, because that's when you're most in the moment, and you feel like you're in love forever.
her only natural talent (a common phrase that refers to sex) is being wasted on her alcoholic friends. ie, MEN = alcoholic friends. Why? Because men treat women like dirt, because they can, because women let them get away with it, by not standing up for themselves. Unlock the singer in this band, who is standing up for women and women's rights. That's what she means when she says she's taking down the number of the times, so when she dies, and God sends her to hell for being a woman, she'll be the first to call him out on his bullshit. Because the bible was written very much against women. It paints Eve out to be the devil, for tricking adam. And that is what the bit about the number 6 means. 666 is the number of the beast. 8 is the number of infinity. and 3 is a number of balance. So she says 8 or 3 are much more apt for her, and women, and the universe in general, than just 6, which just demonizes women.