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.
After the music ended there was
Nowhere to go but down
Faces of glass all hung in the past they
Only come here to drown
They were long gone far gone nowhere
Else to go
Long gone far gone down on Rodeo
We never took quite enough chances we
Never had quite enough time
I did about a thousand dances but
Nothing would change your mind
You were long gone far gone putting on
Your show
Long gone far gone down Rodeo
I'm going where nobody's gone before
Ain't never coming back
Going where nobody's gone before ain't
Never coming back
That's just the way it goes sometimes
The price is a little too much
Two little children on reveille hill we
Looked but we couldn't touch
We were long gone far gone looking in
The window
Long gone far gone down on Rodeo
Nowhere to go but down
Faces of glass all hung in the past they
Only come here to drown
They were long gone far gone nowhere
Else to go
Long gone far gone down on Rodeo
We never took quite enough chances we
Never had quite enough time
I did about a thousand dances but
Nothing would change your mind
You were long gone far gone putting on
Your show
Long gone far gone down Rodeo
I'm going where nobody's gone before
Ain't never coming back
Going where nobody's gone before ain't
Never coming back
That's just the way it goes sometimes
The price is a little too much
Two little children on reveille hill we
Looked but we couldn't touch
We were long gone far gone looking in
The window
Long gone far gone down on Rodeo
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