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.
The greatest (uh) romance (yeah, c'mon)
That's ever been sold (ooh uh)
(Uh)
Uh, uh (yeah)
Yeah (uh)
C'mon (c'mon), uh (uh)
So what do you know
You and me (sort it out, turn it up, c'mon)
Finally face to face (ah ah ah ah)
Checkin' each other up and down (up and down baby)
In all the obvious places
All the places in the world we live
They can't hold a candle to the light you give
For real, for real
I have a outlook (uh) that's truly uncommon, and (say the word)
If you follow me
You're more than a honor, man
The reason why I'm placed on the earth's face (c'mon)
Is spitting rhymes, getting mine's
Watching your waist, hourglass (uh uh)
Then you give me hot flash (word)
This romance give heat of a sonic blast (America where you at? C'mon)
So this is where you end (uh uh uh uh)
And you and I begin
(This is where you and I, you and I begin)
(C'mon) because baby (c'mon)
The greatest romance (uh)
That's ever been sold (I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, c'mon)
The greatest romance (uh)
That's ever been sold (I ain't trying to bang)
(Maybe this song' will help me change, c'mon)
Now your mind is open (now your mind is open)
To poetry seldom heard
(Seldom heard)
Your heart has never been broken (never broken baby)
Until you've heard these words (these words, these words, yeah, c'mon)
Givin' off the air like your thang don't smell
You better answer all of that love (uh)
Inside your heart, right now
Shorty, look, in the scheme of it all
We could really make it work (yeah)
When our back's on the wall
For real, for real (I' can't hear you)
Give a week and let your mans know
I'll come running (yeah)
He's heartless (he's heartless), hold my hand
Yo, he's just fronting (uh)
It's time now
Let's dance eternally
They looking at us laughing
But our love is what's concerning me (yeah)
So this is where you end (uh uh uh uh) (this is where you end)
And you and I begin (you-ou-ou-ou) (c'mon, uh uh uh yeah)
Yo (it's the greatest baby, c'mon)
The greatest romance (ay baby don't worry)
That's ever been sold (I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby)
The greatest (uh) romance (don't worry baby, don't worry)
That's ever been sold (I ain't trying to bang)
(Maybe this song' will help me change, c'mon)
(I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby)
(I ain't trying to bang)
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon), lemme holla at you, babe (holla, holla)
I know you can feel me (I know I know)
I know you can dance (uh)
But what do U know about the (uh)
Greatest romance? (Greatest romance baby)
Not what you think (not what you think)
But what you believe (you believe)
Can you tell me the real reason that Adam never left Eve?
(I ain't no thug tonight)
I ain't gonna leave you baby (I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby), no no
(I ain't trying to bang) I
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon) ain't never gonna leave you no
(I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight) Can I tell you what ya'-
Can I tell you what ya' did for me babe? (I ain't trying to bang)
(maybe this song will help me change)
That's ever been sold (ooh uh)
(Uh)
Uh, uh (yeah)
Yeah (uh)
C'mon (c'mon), uh (uh)
So what do you know
You and me (sort it out, turn it up, c'mon)
Finally face to face (ah ah ah ah)
Checkin' each other up and down (up and down baby)
In all the obvious places
All the places in the world we live
They can't hold a candle to the light you give
For real, for real
I have a outlook (uh) that's truly uncommon, and (say the word)
If you follow me
You're more than a honor, man
The reason why I'm placed on the earth's face (c'mon)
Is spitting rhymes, getting mine's
Watching your waist, hourglass (uh uh)
Then you give me hot flash (word)
This romance give heat of a sonic blast (America where you at? C'mon)
So this is where you end (uh uh uh uh)
And you and I begin
(This is where you and I, you and I begin)
(C'mon) because baby (c'mon)
The greatest romance (uh)
That's ever been sold (I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, c'mon)
The greatest romance (uh)
That's ever been sold (I ain't trying to bang)
(Maybe this song' will help me change, c'mon)
Now your mind is open (now your mind is open)
To poetry seldom heard
(Seldom heard)
Your heart has never been broken (never broken baby)
Until you've heard these words (these words, these words, yeah, c'mon)
Givin' off the air like your thang don't smell
You better answer all of that love (uh)
Inside your heart, right now
Shorty, look, in the scheme of it all
We could really make it work (yeah)
When our back's on the wall
For real, for real (I' can't hear you)
Give a week and let your mans know
I'll come running (yeah)
He's heartless (he's heartless), hold my hand
Yo, he's just fronting (uh)
It's time now
Let's dance eternally
They looking at us laughing
But our love is what's concerning me (yeah)
So this is where you end (uh uh uh uh) (this is where you end)
And you and I begin (you-ou-ou-ou) (c'mon, uh uh uh yeah)
Yo (it's the greatest baby, c'mon)
The greatest romance (ay baby don't worry)
That's ever been sold (I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby)
The greatest (uh) romance (don't worry baby, don't worry)
That's ever been sold (I ain't trying to bang)
(Maybe this song' will help me change, c'mon)
(I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby)
(I ain't trying to bang)
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon), lemme holla at you, babe (holla, holla)
I know you can feel me (I know I know)
I know you can dance (uh)
But what do U know about the (uh)
Greatest romance? (Greatest romance baby)
Not what you think (not what you think)
But what you believe (you believe)
Can you tell me the real reason that Adam never left Eve?
(I ain't no thug tonight)
I ain't gonna leave you baby (I'ma stay home and make love tonight, baby), no no
(I ain't trying to bang) I
(Maybe this song will help me change, c'mon) ain't never gonna leave you no
(I ain't no thug tonight)
(I'ma stay home and make love tonight) Can I tell you what ya'-
Can I tell you what ya' did for me babe? (I ain't trying to bang)
(maybe this song will help me change)
Lyrics submitted by Gothy_Bura
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold [Neptunes Remix] Lyrics as written by Prince Rogers Nelson Eve Jeffers
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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