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.
And the worms in the wind are beginning to blow
All the animals bend
And we watch as they go
Through a hole in the night
That's as wide as a sheet
As all the beautiful people go floating up over the street
All the animals bend
And we watch as they go
Through a hole in the night
That's as wide as a sheet
As all the beautiful people go floating up over the street
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part of this song is missing like the last two verses, at least in the version i have of this song, but i cant really make out what is being sang. i like this one though.
In the version at San Diego, CA - Terrastock II Festival, I'm pretty sure it goes like this:
And the worms in the wind are beginning to blow, Baby brother gives in, And we watch as he goes, Through a hole in the night, That's as wide(white?) as a sheet, As all the beautiful people go floating up over the street.
By the way, I think those lines are the most magnificent things ever written.
At the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle he said before the song "If the earth lost its gravity, since we're heavier creatures, at least at the first millisecond, the first thing that would happen would be that the worms would start blowing around." He sang 'baby brother' here, too.
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