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.
Come inside you are hungry for sleep
You are the warmest part of the winter
When I was young I made a plan
That I would never break myself
Lift the shade and let some light in the room
We don't see the sun anymore
I've been told I gave my soul to
Live the days for someone else
Oh you will wake to find you have died
Oh you will wake to find it's gone out of you
Oh you will wake to find you are all covered in dark
With nothing ready to start or to see through
I had a name
I let it leave me
I had a plan to settle you in
I am a man
I am uneasy
Come out come out and let me go in
Done and done you caught the scent of a man
You can never get back to nature
When you are down some dirty dream will
Keep you up all through the dawn
Turn your head
Remember this is free love
You are free to bury the body
That ties you down and sets you free and
Touches you from right to wrong
Oh you will wake to find you have died
Oh you will wake to find it's gone out of you
Oh you will wake to find you are all covered in dark
With nothing ready to start or to see through
I had a name
I let it leave me
I had a plan to settle you in
I am a man
I am uneasy
Come out come out and let me go in
Tell me you love me but don't say it with words
I wanna feel your body around me
And twenty years of push and pull have
Left you searching' for a name
But maybe I have come here to die
To watch the life go out of my body
Take apart the ugly days and you will never see the same
I had a name
I let it leave me
I had a plan to settle you in
I am man
I am uneasy
Come out come out and let me come in
You are the warmest part of the winter
When I was young I made a plan
That I would never break myself
Lift the shade and let some light in the room
We don't see the sun anymore
I've been told I gave my soul to
Live the days for someone else
Oh you will wake to find you have died
Oh you will wake to find it's gone out of you
Oh you will wake to find you are all covered in dark
With nothing ready to start or to see through
I had a name
I let it leave me
I had a plan to settle you in
I am a man
I am uneasy
Come out come out and let me go in
Done and done you caught the scent of a man
You can never get back to nature
When you are down some dirty dream will
Keep you up all through the dawn
Turn your head
Remember this is free love
You are free to bury the body
That ties you down and sets you free and
Touches you from right to wrong
Oh you will wake to find you have died
Oh you will wake to find it's gone out of you
Oh you will wake to find you are all covered in dark
With nothing ready to start or to see through
I had a name
I let it leave me
I had a plan to settle you in
I am a man
I am uneasy
Come out come out and let me go in
Tell me you love me but don't say it with words
I wanna feel your body around me
And twenty years of push and pull have
Left you searching' for a name
But maybe I have come here to die
To watch the life go out of my body
Take apart the ugly days and you will never see the same
I had a name
I let it leave me
I had a plan to settle you in
I am man
I am uneasy
Come out come out and let me come in
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yeah i think these lyrics are slightly wrong. for one thing, i'm almost sure it's "done and done you caught the SCENT of a man" that would definitely make more sense.
yes, i do agree also that this is like a sequel to start of something. amazing song, i think it's about being in a long term relationship and having to deal with the fact that nothing lasts forever and that feelings eventually die. but also that you feel an attachment to them that is not easy to break.