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.
She wraps her tragic moments tightly around her neck
Then she hangs herself with them as I try to disconnect
'Cause she wants to choke on her life again
Breathing it in like a deadly poison.
She cries cause she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants
And her eyes grow cold and she begs the world to just let her go
(But I won't let go)
She lives and breathes in a world that brought her to her knees
And now I'm addicted to her 'cause that girl is just like me
And I'm gonna choke on her life again
Breathing it in like a deadly poison.
I just wanna get through to her,
Before her last breath.
She cries 'cause she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants
And her eyes grow cold and she begs the world to just let her go
She cries 'cause she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants
And she hides all alone inside the pain that she wont let go
Watching her life pass her by, watching it all through her watering eyes
But I'll be chasing dragonflies from her darkest skies until the day she dies.
Then she hangs herself with them as I try to disconnect
'Cause she wants to choke on her life again
Breathing it in like a deadly poison.
She cries cause she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants
And her eyes grow cold and she begs the world to just let her go
(But I won't let go)
She lives and breathes in a world that brought her to her knees
And now I'm addicted to her 'cause that girl is just like me
And I'm gonna choke on her life again
Breathing it in like a deadly poison.
I just wanna get through to her,
Before her last breath.
She cries 'cause she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants
And her eyes grow cold and she begs the world to just let her go
She cries 'cause she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants
And she hides all alone inside the pain that she wont let go
Watching her life pass her by, watching it all through her watering eyes
But I'll be chasing dragonflies from her darkest skies until the day she dies.
Lyrics submitted by Nienna7
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how come hardly anyones commented!! I love madina lake! my brothers band no them!!
Madina Lake Rock the nation! Who agrees? anyway this song i think is about a girl he knows who wants to kill herself because shes had a hard life.
Suicidal girl + suicidal boy who wants to help her. He's addicted to her tragedy. Not too difficult =].
Lol yeah seriously it isn't all that hard to figure out ZOMFG YOUR BROTHER'S BAND KNOWS THEM? ....... TTT.TTT I would do anything to meet Matthew Leone....
o_O Just go to a show. They hang out afterward for ages. I've met the lot of them a few times... Pics with them, sigs, talked to them a bit... They don't have that I'm-too-good-for-meet-'n'-greets philosophy like big bands =P.
yeah, they do, my brother got them to send me a signed shirt, its amazing!!!
She wraps her tragic moments tightly around her neck [she trys killing herself whilst remebering bad time in her life]
Then she hangs herself with them as i try to disconnect
Cuz she wants to choke on her life again Breathing it in like a deadly poison. [ her bad memories haunt her there all she thinks about]
She cries cuz she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants [she is crying cuz she rele dusnt no what to do]
Her eyes go cold and she begs the world to just let her go [shes cryin begin the worldto let her die]
She lives and breathes in a wrold that brought her to her knees [her lifes depressin]
And now i'm addicted to her cuz that girl is just like me [there a boy who understands her cuz his life been same]
And i'm gonna choke on her life again Im breathing it in like a deadly poison. [hes getin obbsessed wit herr]
Cuz i just want to get through to her, Before her last breath. [he wants to meet her nd tel her]
She cries cuz she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants Her eyes go cold and she begs the world to just let her go
She cries cuz she's lost and she doesn't even know what she wants And she hides all alone inside the pain that she wont let go Watching her life pass her by, watching it all through her watering eyes But i'll be chasing dragonflies from her darkest skies until the day she dies.
yuu get the idea(|Y)
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