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.
I've hidden wishes for so long
Buried deep inside,
Keeping them secret from a world
That'll never realize
The way I dream
Puedo ver esos ríos de luz
Escapar de mi piel, hacia la fantasía
Out the real world
You are waiting to take my hand
I'll be looking for answer
That leads me back
I lack the will to face my fears
I'm running from it all
And all the painful memories
They haunt me once again
I'm giving up...
Out in the real world
You are waiting to hear my call,
Through a river of illusions
You saw me fall
Out in the real world
You are waiting to take my hand
I'll be looking for answer
That leads me back
Outside, back in your arms
No matter how hard it may seem
We should never hide
The little things that make us real
Show them who we truly are
We will in time
Puedo ver esos ríos de luz
Escapar de mi piel, hacia la fantasía
Hay en mi tanto temor
Tanto mal que ocultar
(I can see rivers of light
Flowing from my skin and toward fantasy
There's so much fear within me
So many faults to hide)
Buried deep inside,
Keeping them secret from a world
That'll never realize
The way I dream
Puedo ver esos ríos de luz
Escapar de mi piel, hacia la fantasía
Out the real world
You are waiting to take my hand
I'll be looking for answer
That leads me back
I lack the will to face my fears
I'm running from it all
And all the painful memories
They haunt me once again
I'm giving up...
Out in the real world
You are waiting to hear my call,
Through a river of illusions
You saw me fall
Out in the real world
You are waiting to take my hand
I'll be looking for answer
That leads me back
Outside, back in your arms
No matter how hard it may seem
We should never hide
The little things that make us real
Show them who we truly are
We will in time
Puedo ver esos ríos de luz
Escapar de mi piel, hacia la fantasía
Hay en mi tanto temor
Tanto mal que ocultar
(I can see rivers of light
Flowing from my skin and toward fantasy
There's so much fear within me
So many faults to hide)
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Um wrong-ish lyrics (sorry) here are the right ones:
(Out in the real world, you are waiting to take my hand, I'll be looking for an answer that leads me back)
I've hidden wishes for so long, buried deep inside Keeping them secret from a world that'll never realize the way I dream
Puedo ver esos ríos de luz escapar de mi piel, hacia la fantasía
Out in the real world, you are waiting to take my hand, I'll be looking for an answer that leads me back
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Puedo ver esos ríos de luz escapar de mi piel, hacia la fantasía
Out in the real world, you are waiting to hear my call; Through a river of illusions you saw me fall Out in the real world, you are waiting to take my hand I'll be looking for an answer that leads me back
outside, back in your arms
No matter how hard it may seem We should never hide The little things that make us real Show them who we truly are, We will in time
Out in the real world, you are waiting to hear my call; (Puedo ver esos ríos de luz) Through a river of illusions you saw me fall (escapar de mi piel, hacia la fantasía) Out in the real world, you are waiting to take my hand (Hay en mí tanto temor) I'll be looking for an answer that leads me back (Tanto mal que ocultar)
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