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.
Oh, he's all
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
The Lord is keeping me alive
I know he's
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's all in my mind right now
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive, yes, he is
I know the Lord he is
He's keeping me alive
Oh, yes, he is, yeah
He's in my hands
He's in my feet
I can hardly keep my seat
He's in my spirit and my soul
I will never grow old
He's in my heart
He's in my mind
I am glad am I
He's all over me
The Lord is keeping me alive
I know he is keeping me alive
He's keeping me alive
Like the Hebrew boys
Thrown in the fiery furnace
See everybody thought it was over for them
But the Lord brought them out on time
He's the firm foundation
The God of all creation
There's nothing that he won't do for you
You can trust him, he'll see you through
He's all over me
He's all in my mind right now
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive, yes, he is
I know the Lord he is
He's keeping me alive
Oh, yes, he is, yeah
I want to tell you again like the Hebrew boys
They were thrown in the fiery furnace
Everybody thought it was over for them
But the Lord brought them out on time
He's the firm foundation
The God of all creation
There's nothing that he won't do for you
If you trust him he'll see you through
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive, the boy
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
And he'd keeping me alive
He's all over me
All over me
And he's keeping me alive
My Lord is keeping me alive
I know the Lord is keeping me alive
I know he is keeping me alive
He's in my hands and in my feet
I can hardly keep my seat
He's in my spirit and my soul
I will never ever grow old
He's in my heart and in my mind
I'm glad he's mine
He's on the right on the left
Over me, over me
On the front and the back
On the right on the left
Over me, over me
On the front and the back
On the right on the left
Yeah, yeah
He's all over me
He is keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
My Lord is keeping me alive
He's all over me
I'm so glad that he is
And he's keeping me alive
He's keeping me alive
I know he is
I know the Lord is keeping me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
The Lord is keeping me alive
I know he's
He's keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's all in my mind right now
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive, yes, he is
I know the Lord he is
He's keeping me alive
Oh, yes, he is, yeah
He's in my hands
He's in my feet
I can hardly keep my seat
He's in my spirit and my soul
I will never grow old
He's in my heart
He's in my mind
I am glad am I
He's all over me
The Lord is keeping me alive
I know he is keeping me alive
He's keeping me alive
Like the Hebrew boys
Thrown in the fiery furnace
See everybody thought it was over for them
But the Lord brought them out on time
He's the firm foundation
The God of all creation
There's nothing that he won't do for you
You can trust him, he'll see you through
He's all over me
He's all in my mind right now
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive, yes, he is
I know the Lord he is
He's keeping me alive
Oh, yes, he is, yeah
I want to tell you again like the Hebrew boys
They were thrown in the fiery furnace
Everybody thought it was over for them
But the Lord brought them out on time
He's the firm foundation
The God of all creation
There's nothing that he won't do for you
If you trust him he'll see you through
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive, the boy
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
And he'd keeping me alive
He's all over me
All over me
And he's keeping me alive
My Lord is keeping me alive
I know the Lord is keeping me alive
I know he is keeping me alive
He's in my hands and in my feet
I can hardly keep my seat
He's in my spirit and my soul
I will never ever grow old
He's in my heart and in my mind
I'm glad he's mine
He's on the right on the left
Over me, over me
On the front and the back
On the right on the left
Over me, over me
On the front and the back
On the right on the left
Yeah, yeah
He's all over me
He is keeping me alive
He's all over me
He's all over me
And he's keeping me alive
My Lord is keeping me alive
He's all over me
I'm so glad that he is
And he's keeping me alive
He's keeping me alive
I know he is
I know the Lord is keeping me
He's keeping me alive
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He's All Over Me Lyrics as written by Alvin Darling
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