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.
In emergency
I fire my thoughts at you
Responding or not maybe
Reacting a lot you'll be
Turn around now
She's killing with looks at ease
Defending or not maybe
Depending a lot I'll be
And as we get lost deliver our souls
To each other we lose control
And start to bother about friends
We used to know
And as we get lost inside this dream
With each other nobody sees
Or seems to notice that we're losing
What we're fighting for
While the moments pass
I watch every move you make
Betray us or not who cares
Surrender the heart that tears
As I catch your breath
You stand there and watch me bleed
We'll blend into one maybe
But never apart you'll see
And as we get lost deliver our souls
To each other we lose control
And start to bother about friends
We used to know
And as we get lost inside this dream
With each other nobody sees
Or seems to notice that we're losing
What we're fighting for
Turn around now
And as we get lost deliver our souls
To each other we lose control
And start to bother about friends
We used to know
And as we get lost inside this dream
With each other nobody sees
Or seems to notice that we're losing
What we're fighting for
I fire my thoughts at you
Responding or not maybe
Reacting a lot you'll be
Turn around now
She's killing with looks at ease
Defending or not maybe
Depending a lot I'll be
And as we get lost deliver our souls
To each other we lose control
And start to bother about friends
We used to know
And as we get lost inside this dream
With each other nobody sees
Or seems to notice that we're losing
What we're fighting for
While the moments pass
I watch every move you make
Betray us or not who cares
Surrender the heart that tears
As I catch your breath
You stand there and watch me bleed
We'll blend into one maybe
But never apart you'll see
And as we get lost deliver our souls
To each other we lose control
And start to bother about friends
We used to know
And as we get lost inside this dream
With each other nobody sees
Or seems to notice that we're losing
What we're fighting for
Turn around now
And as we get lost deliver our souls
To each other we lose control
And start to bother about friends
We used to know
And as we get lost inside this dream
With each other nobody sees
Or seems to notice that we're losing
What we're fighting for
Lyrics submitted by merren
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