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.
Drive around this country pretending like we're famous
Wearing our disguises of the people we are not
And I know
You're just letting go
Soft Evading (?)
After all this time don't pretend like you don't know me
Treat me like a stranger, Like some bum off of the street
Don't you know
We were once like gold
Set in concrete
You, You were so confused
You had much too much to lose
You let it put you out
Now you're leaving
I, I've seen the love
And I let it slip away
And I, I've been so lonely
So much I could not say
And are, are you still just ok?
If instruments were ornaments, aesthetic with no purpose
hanging on your wall: out of tune, without a song
don't you know
we ain’t got too long
So let's start singing
have you lost your passion well, here take some of mine
you can use my skeleton but don’t drink all my wine
you have sung
you sung your voice away
no one listened
no, heaven help us all
who wanted to let it go
stuck inside a corpse
no heart beating
I, I've seen the love
And I let it slip away
And I, I've been so lonely
So much I could not say
And are, are you still just ok?
I, I've seen the love
And I let it slip away
And I, I've been so lonely
So much I could not say
And are, are you still just ok?
Wearing our disguises of the people we are not
And I know
You're just letting go
Soft Evading (?)
After all this time don't pretend like you don't know me
Treat me like a stranger, Like some bum off of the street
Don't you know
We were once like gold
Set in concrete
You, You were so confused
You had much too much to lose
You let it put you out
Now you're leaving
I, I've seen the love
And I let it slip away
And I, I've been so lonely
So much I could not say
And are, are you still just ok?
If instruments were ornaments, aesthetic with no purpose
hanging on your wall: out of tune, without a song
don't you know
we ain’t got too long
So let's start singing
have you lost your passion well, here take some of mine
you can use my skeleton but don’t drink all my wine
you have sung
you sung your voice away
no one listened
no, heaven help us all
who wanted to let it go
stuck inside a corpse
no heart beating
I, I've seen the love
And I let it slip away
And I, I've been so lonely
So much I could not say
And are, are you still just ok?
I, I've seen the love
And I let it slip away
And I, I've been so lonely
So much I could not say
And are, are you still just ok?
Lyrics submitted by loveinvincible
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