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.
Hey friend, where have you been?
The roads getting long
And the lights growing dim
Hey friend, how have you been?
Been so long since we've spoken again, like
Hey friend, where have you been?
Needed to call on you
No answers again
I just spiral out with liquor
Waterfall the pain
Hey friend, where is the liquor again?
Hey friend, where can we smoke?
Hey friend, no one's the victim
Hey friend, learn to let go
Waterfall
A fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything you like
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
Just so you know I wrote you a song
But I deleted it
And when you left I wrote you a poem
But I know you wouldn't read if I was
On top of the world and all they heard was just me screaming it
I'd stop thinking of you girl until this verse and now I'm thinking
This I've been
Really caught up in my feelings
Feeling so lost but I'm healing
Ha, healings a lie
I can barely decide if my feeling subside and not really
And all my friends say I'm blue
This waterfalls are not yours
You hear these tears in my eyes
I only build these waterfalls for you
Waterfall
A fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything you like
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Hey friend, where have you been?
Hey friend, how has it been?
Hey friend, all in your head
Your rapping and singing all over again, like
Hey friend, tell me the time
Hey friend, you can not mind
Hey friend, this is the life
Take it you want it, everything's alright
Waterfall
A fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything you like
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
Waterfall a fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything that matters
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
The roads getting long
And the lights growing dim
Hey friend, how have you been?
Been so long since we've spoken again, like
Hey friend, where have you been?
Needed to call on you
No answers again
I just spiral out with liquor
Waterfall the pain
Hey friend, where is the liquor again?
Hey friend, where can we smoke?
Hey friend, no one's the victim
Hey friend, learn to let go
Waterfall
A fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything you like
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
Just so you know I wrote you a song
But I deleted it
And when you left I wrote you a poem
But I know you wouldn't read if I was
On top of the world and all they heard was just me screaming it
I'd stop thinking of you girl until this verse and now I'm thinking
This I've been
Really caught up in my feelings
Feeling so lost but I'm healing
Ha, healings a lie
I can barely decide if my feeling subside and not really
And all my friends say I'm blue
This waterfalls are not yours
You hear these tears in my eyes
I only build these waterfalls for you
Waterfall
A fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything you like
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Hey friend, where have you been?
Hey friend, how has it been?
Hey friend, all in your head
Your rapping and singing all over again, like
Hey friend, tell me the time
Hey friend, you can not mind
Hey friend, this is the life
Take it you want it, everything's alright
Waterfall
A fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything you like
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
Waterfall a fountain of
Everything that becomes
Anything that matters
Sing a little song for her
Sing a little song for her
Believe
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I feel it necessary to point out that, while the meaning of the "acid" lines does refer to the myth that LSD stays in your spinal fluid, the fact is that LSD/acid does NOT stay in your spinal fluid, and doesn't actually go into your spine at all. It's metabolized by your Liver, and the half-life is only a few hours. It's important to stop spreading these myths, as it only makes perfectly safe drugs like LSD seem dangerous and unhealthy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_legends_about_illegal_drugs wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_is_lsd_in_your_spinal_fluid erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd_myth1.shtml
"Perfectly safe drugs," you sir, have befuddled me beyond analysis. I don't know whether you're being completely serious or not, but this comment leads me to think you don't have a clue of what you're talking about. <br /> <br /> It's a song though, it's for clever comparison, leave our dear boy Yoni alone. <3
ridespirals isn't joking and he is correct. lsd is less toxic than alcohol, caffeine, or aspirin.
ridespirals isn't joking and he is correct. lsd is less toxic than alcohol, caffeine, or aspirin.
I think what ridespirals means is that LSD mostly physically harmless compared to alcohol. However, behaviorally it can be very toxic. Anyway. I have a hunch that yoni knows acid doesn't actually stay in your spine.
"You can determine where a river once was Just by examining rocks"
amazing.
wonderful. no less.
This song is absolutely brilliant! the metaphor of the acid in the spinal fluid and the rocks left behind from a dried river is very clever. The men's whiskers and woman's homogenized complexion most likely means that you can tell if a person used to be depressed/hurt in the past just by looking at their face, hence, the rocks and spinal fluid.
seriously one of my favourites, the first time i heard this song i couldn't stop listening to it, it's so haunting and beautiful. the almost live version of it is lovely, too.
"your face never forgets a cry"
yoni leaves me speechless.
Oh, and this song is totally brilliant :)
It will never not sound like "make couscous prematurely sprout in men" to me...
"Waterfalls leave smooth rocks When the river dries up You can determine where a river once was Just by examining rocks"
I think this is a pretty simple analogy to the way "your face never forgets a cry"...
"Your face never forgets a cry Like trace remnants of acid in your spine"
by saying "your face" he is reffering to your ego, memory, thought process, ability to trust or put yourself out there. he compares it to the small effect acid leaves on your spine that never leaves althought all the effects of the acid leaves fairly quickly
"The erosion cries cause Make whiskers prematurely sprout in men"
he is saying the pain and hurt taht makes men cry makes them grow up too early or wear them down to quick, its a negetive effect of the "erosion cries cause"
"And in women Homogenize complexion"
He is saying failed relationships or other hardships in life make many (maybe younger) girls have low self esteem, so they cover themselves up with makeup, i think makeup is just a metaphor for anything that puts distance between the girl and her getting close to anyone... and homogenize complexion basically refers to what makeup does to girls, they put it on until it masks who they really are...
"Until the whole face is washed with a slight mascara tint"
sometimes they do it until they completly are beaten by it, comsumed by it
just to add onto "the Whole face is washed with a slight mascara tint"<br /> <br /> I feel that this also links to the crying as when you cry your mascara runs. <br /> <br /> its so beautifully sad