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.
Talk about the weather
Will you miss me ever
Lately I'm obsessed and I need the rest
I hope that you're impressed but she's so pretty
I'm jealous
And she's lost like Alice in a painted past
In a looking glass
I see me looking back
I'll take another, "Drink me," baby
Slowly I'll disappear and wear my life like a barbed wire necklace
So let's play truth or dare
So you're a fan of Coltrane
Well I wanna be Kurt Cobain
When the truth gets scary I'll take my gin and sherry
And some, "Drink Me,"
There'll be Plath and Joplin with verse
Writing suiciders
Kennedy and Monroe come to see my rock show
I'll be there in the front row
I'll take another, "Drink me," baby
Slowly I'll disappear and wear my life like a barbed wire necklace
So let's play truth or dare
I won't be around to play your games
There will come a day when you won't know my name
I'll get smarterwWith every swallow
You'll wake tomorrow and things won't be the same
Talk about the weather
Will you miss me ever
Lately I'm obsessed and I need the rest
I hope that you're impressed because I need the rest
And my head's a mess
I need the rest
I need the rest
I need the rest
Will you miss me ever
Lately I'm obsessed and I need the rest
I hope that you're impressed but she's so pretty
I'm jealous
And she's lost like Alice in a painted past
In a looking glass
I see me looking back
I'll take another, "Drink me," baby
Slowly I'll disappear and wear my life like a barbed wire necklace
So let's play truth or dare
So you're a fan of Coltrane
Well I wanna be Kurt Cobain
When the truth gets scary I'll take my gin and sherry
And some, "Drink Me,"
There'll be Plath and Joplin with verse
Writing suiciders
Kennedy and Monroe come to see my rock show
I'll be there in the front row
I'll take another, "Drink me," baby
Slowly I'll disappear and wear my life like a barbed wire necklace
So let's play truth or dare
I won't be around to play your games
There will come a day when you won't know my name
I'll get smarterwWith every swallow
You'll wake tomorrow and things won't be the same
Talk about the weather
Will you miss me ever
Lately I'm obsessed and I need the rest
I hope that you're impressed because I need the rest
And my head's a mess
I need the rest
I need the rest
I need the rest
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