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.
The time is now and I'm running so thin
I got thin, I got thin, while the others got fat
So fatten up and deliver your secrets
Those secrets, those stories untold
Sorry to say love is a game
We're all just pawns in the way
Lost, lost, lost, move the rook-E-eight
Eliminate and get this game underway
Too many secrets are shattering our lives
While others are stuck in expansive time
I've been trying to get out of this
Goddamn fucking game
So back it up and up to down
Down, downtown, don't you tell me wrong
Choose your battle of words that rule the world
It's in our heads anyway
Speak of the devil and I just may appear
I appeared in your dream, when you dreamed of getting ahead
Headless chickens that are missing their exes
So axe this and go to the next, next chapter
Too many secrets are shattering our lives
While others are stuck in expansive time
I've been trying to get out of this
Goddamn fucking game
So back it up and up to down
Down, downtown, don't you tell me wrong
Choose your battle of words that rule the world
It's in our heads anyway
[Incomprehensible]
Which shall I be, a warlock or a priest
A pagan, Christian or an evangelist?
Pledge my alliance in the name of science
Follow the moth into the fire
Getting my head in a bit of a twist
What does it matter when your enemies are my friends?
Self serve friends, who are friends for a second
I second that notation, it feels so intense?
Intensely fishing without a hook, line, and sinker
I sank to bottom, we'll bottoms up to you
Please inject some instant karma
Into my instant coffee
Soon, soon, soon with the rope in the kitchen
All the answers will be on there way
Too many secrets are shattering our lives
While others are stuck in expansive time
I've been trying to get out of this
Goddamn fucking game
So back it up and up to down
Down, downtown, don't you tell me wrong
Choose your battle of words that rule the world
It's in our heads anyway
I got thin, I got thin, while the others got fat
So fatten up and deliver your secrets
Those secrets, those stories untold
Sorry to say love is a game
We're all just pawns in the way
Lost, lost, lost, move the rook-E-eight
Eliminate and get this game underway
Too many secrets are shattering our lives
While others are stuck in expansive time
I've been trying to get out of this
Goddamn fucking game
So back it up and up to down
Down, downtown, don't you tell me wrong
Choose your battle of words that rule the world
It's in our heads anyway
Speak of the devil and I just may appear
I appeared in your dream, when you dreamed of getting ahead
Headless chickens that are missing their exes
So axe this and go to the next, next chapter
Too many secrets are shattering our lives
While others are stuck in expansive time
I've been trying to get out of this
Goddamn fucking game
So back it up and up to down
Down, downtown, don't you tell me wrong
Choose your battle of words that rule the world
It's in our heads anyway
[Incomprehensible]
Which shall I be, a warlock or a priest
A pagan, Christian or an evangelist?
Pledge my alliance in the name of science
Follow the moth into the fire
Getting my head in a bit of a twist
What does it matter when your enemies are my friends?
Self serve friends, who are friends for a second
I second that notation, it feels so intense?
Intensely fishing without a hook, line, and sinker
I sank to bottom, we'll bottoms up to you
Please inject some instant karma
Into my instant coffee
Soon, soon, soon with the rope in the kitchen
All the answers will be on there way
Too many secrets are shattering our lives
While others are stuck in expansive time
I've been trying to get out of this
Goddamn fucking game
So back it up and up to down
Down, downtown, don't you tell me wrong
Choose your battle of words that rule the world
It's in our heads anyway
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