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 homemade scars on my arms
Are slowly fading just as
Your fingernails are setting in to begin a new chapter
So sink in as deep as you can
And I will do the same
We can share one sensation
Ignore the fluorescent riddles
In your eyelids and surrender
It is something that I never intended to risk
Your skin is a canvas for my heart to paint
So let go
And if we're careful not to breathe
We'll hear nothing and see everything we are feeling
In each other's eyes
We can share one sensation
Ignore the fluorescent riddles
In your eyelids and surrender
It is something that I never intended to risk
Without devotion all words turn to scratch
Without devotion all wounds turn to scabs
Unity is letting nothing be predetermined
Unity is letting us be ourselves
Unity is letting each page write itself
Our book came to be unannounced
Our book of days
Our book of love stories
Ignore the fluorescent riddles
In your eyelids and surrender
It is something that I never intended to risk
Each promise that I break
Is a day's draft burned forever
These are limits that I never intended to
Our book of days
Our book of love stories
Stories
Stories
Are slowly fading just as
Your fingernails are setting in to begin a new chapter
So sink in as deep as you can
And I will do the same
We can share one sensation
Ignore the fluorescent riddles
In your eyelids and surrender
It is something that I never intended to risk
Your skin is a canvas for my heart to paint
So let go
And if we're careful not to breathe
We'll hear nothing and see everything we are feeling
In each other's eyes
We can share one sensation
Ignore the fluorescent riddles
In your eyelids and surrender
It is something that I never intended to risk
Without devotion all words turn to scratch
Without devotion all wounds turn to scabs
Unity is letting nothing be predetermined
Unity is letting us be ourselves
Unity is letting each page write itself
Our book came to be unannounced
Our book of days
Our book of love stories
Ignore the fluorescent riddles
In your eyelids and surrender
It is something that I never intended to risk
Each promise that I break
Is a day's draft burned forever
These are limits that I never intended to
Our book of days
Our book of love stories
Stories
Stories
Lyrics submitted by choked up the air
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