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.
Am I supposed to close my eyes as you walk away from me
Am I supposed to blind myself so I'll never have to see
You walking side by side with a different kind of man
Who'll redefine your body in ways I know I
What if I don't want to go now
Will you come and put these eyes out for me
So don't go and blame your mother for what's your father's fault
Or all of your daughters will turn out just like you
Bent on destruction and burning through their beauty
And looking beyond their years by the time they're only (twenty
And what if I don't want to go now
Will you come put these eyes out for me
Oh c'est la vie please don't go and abandon me
When the bridge burns down and the bad blood tastes like wine on the wind
And they see'est beware of the man in shades
Beware beware of the man in shades beware
I stutter step my way across desert lakes to try and sweat the ghost of the past and lay my anchor at last at your feet
As they c'est beware of the man in shades
Beware beware of the man in shades beware I am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am
Am I supposed to blind myself so I'll never have to see
You walking side by side with a different kind of man
Who'll redefine your body in ways I know I
What if I don't want to go now
Will you come and put these eyes out for me
So don't go and blame your mother for what's your father's fault
Or all of your daughters will turn out just like you
Bent on destruction and burning through their beauty
And looking beyond their years by the time they're only (twenty
And what if I don't want to go now
Will you come put these eyes out for me
Oh c'est la vie please don't go and abandon me
When the bridge burns down and the bad blood tastes like wine on the wind
And they see'est beware of the man in shades
Beware beware of the man in shades beware
I stutter step my way across desert lakes to try and sweat the ghost of the past and lay my anchor at last at your feet
As they c'est beware of the man in shades
Beware beware of the man in shades beware I am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am
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Am I supposed to close my eyes as you walk away from me Am I supposed to blind myself so I'll never have to see You walking side by side with a different kind of man Who'll redefine your body in ways I know I...
What if I don't want to go now Will you come put these eyes out
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