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.
When I see your smile
Tears run down my face
I can't replace
And now that I'm strong I have figured out
How this world turns cold
And it breaks through my soul and I know
I'll find deep inside me
I can be the one
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
It's okay
It's okay
It's okay
Seasons are changing and waves are crashing and
Stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
'Cause you're my
You're my, my
My true love
My whole heart
Please don't throw that away
'Cause I'm here for you
Please don't walk away and
Please tell me you'll stay, yeah
Whoa
Stay, whoa, whoa
Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be okay
Though my skies are turning grey (grey)
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you send me to heaven
Tears run down my face
I can't replace
And now that I'm strong I have figured out
How this world turns cold
And it breaks through my soul and I know
I'll find deep inside me
I can be the one
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
It's okay
It's okay
It's okay
Seasons are changing and waves are crashing and
Stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
'Cause you're my
You're my, my
My true love
My whole heart
Please don't throw that away
'Cause I'm here for you
Please don't walk away and
Please tell me you'll stay, yeah
Whoa
Stay, whoa, whoa
Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be okay
Though my skies are turning grey (grey)
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you send me to heaven
Lyrics submitted by vtscreamoguy
Your Guardian Angel Lyrics as written by Ronnie Winter
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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'I will never let you fall I’ll stand up with you forever I’ll be there for you through it all Even if saving you sends me to heaven'
My boyfriend has cancer. So--he always says stuff like this to me. This song makes me tear so much. I love my boyfriend with all my heart. I would never leave him.
This song is so beautiful. Most of the song is accoustic and then near the end the whole band joins. It's beautiful
i have read every comment on here, and i have been touched by some of the stories that people have shared about what this song means to them. now it's my turn. i was reluctant to listen to the song cuz i thought it it would be like the other songs on the album, but i wasn't paying attention and it cam up on my shuffle, and i started tearing up (i wold have flat out cried if i hadn't been in school at the time). to me this song is about my friend Kim and I. she is my true love, she gave me the CD by this band. i wish i could tell her, but sadly i left for France for a year before i got to tell her. ya see, she hadn't been speaking to me for a long time because of what happened between us one night. this guy chris had been playing her, he took her ballroom dancing and stuff, but his ex came back to town, and Kim saw him with her. at the same time i had just had an awful "break-up" with this girll Kayla. and so we were both just comforting each other and just being together. then we just started makeing out, i don't know how it happened or how long it lasted. but it was the most amazing thing in the world. there was nothing else going on in the world. just me and her. since then she hasn't spoken to me, and i hurts. it hurts more no that i'm in a different country. i won't see her for a year, and even then, i don't konw if she'll speak to me. but i love her. and i always will. i would die for her if it could make her live longer. i am her guardian angel. and if you read this Kim, i don't know if you will, but if you do, just know that that night was the best of my life. and i will never forget it. i will never forget you.
You, my grand fellow, are one amazing person.
I think this song is really about love... agree with most comments here... unfortunately, the love is "one sided". Guy loves the girl, but the girl doesn't love him back.
The singer sings to the loved one that he's willing to go through anything to prove her love for her... even willing to die for her. Unfortunately, the girl doesn't love him that much (please don't walk away and please tell me you'd stay), more like begging... he's willing to be there and has accepted that the girl won't love him back, as long as she won't turn her back on him... more like losing hope even... that i got from the line "though my skies are turning grey"... i think that's also the reason why at that part of the song, it started getting louder.
unrequited love...i feel sorry for the guy :(
it's a beautiful song, i agree... but it's not called "waiting"
"waiting" is my favorite RJA song, and this---isn't it
Originally known as "The Acoustic Song". Renamed and re-recorded for the releas of the album, like "Ass Shaker" was also renamed "In Fate's Hands"
This song is amazing. I think it has to do with loving someone. They are going to be there for them forever.
"Use me as you will Pull my strings just for a thrill And I know I’ll be ok Though my skies are turning gray
I will never let you fall I’ll stand up with you forever I’ll be there for you through it all Even if saving you sends me to heaven"
Those lines right there are thee best. Saying that no matter what happens, what you do, what ever you put me through, I am going to be there for you. The person is commited. They want the person to know that they are in it for the long run and that they shouldn't question what they have.
And when the guitar starts to boom in....makes me melt.
I adore this song. It's simply beautiful.
"I will never let you fall I’ll stand up with you forever I’ll be there for you through it all Even if saving you sends me to heaven"
^Someone said something like that to me some time ago. Now that person is basically gone from my life. I miss him alot. So, when I listened to this song for the first time, I just started crying because it reminded me of him. Personally, it's kind of hard to listen to this song without crying, shutting it off, or even thinking about him; but, I still listen to it because it's amazing and also because I can't run away from memories any longer.
"It’s ok. It’s ok. It’s ok. Seasons are changing And waves are crashing And stars are falling all for us Days grow longer and nights grow shorter I can show you I’ll be the one"
^This verse reminds me of when he used to comfort me when I was depressed and sad. It's really weird sometimes, though, because I can almost hear the guy that I miss saying words to me that are along these lines.
I also adore the part of the song when the guitars increase and so does this guy's voice. It literally leaves me breathless. Amazing song.
i think this is just the best fucking song ever. probably my #1 favorite song now. idk but its just..idk how to explain it but i love this song
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i absolutly adore it! my ex-boyfreind/current best guy freind said that this is our song and i belive him cause no matter what life has put us through we still love each other. maybe not the same love now as then but....love is love no matter what.
and i also love it cause he has been through so much crap and even when he had a broken rib he told me that he was worried about me even though i was perfectly fine.
this song doesnt have to nessacarly mean that someone is hurting or sad but that they love someone so much that they will do anything for them no matter what the price they will have to pay.
This is a greatly written song and its meaning is so very pure and so very beautiful i love this song the first time me and my girlfriend kissed i sang her this song and now it is our song for our love man i love this song so much.....