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.
Where I hung my coat it's where I left my head.
So you'd be wise to doubt every word I ever said.
Cause I just woke to eat some chocolate and go straight back I'll go straight back to bed.
Where's my head? Where's my head?
Where's my head? Where's my head?
And I'd search for reason when I'm awake
To hear their song march, blast for me I'd say
You're the only chance that I have tonight because of something that I ate made my dreams not right
And my love shows up in a dress of white.
Where's my head? Where's my head?
Where's my head? Where's my head?
So you'd be wise to doubt every word I ever said.
Cause I just woke to eat some chocolate and go straight back I'll go straight back to bed.
Where's my head? Where's my head?
Where's my head? Where's my head?
And I'd search for reason when I'm awake
To hear their song march, blast for me I'd say
You're the only chance that I have tonight because of something that I ate made my dreams not right
And my love shows up in a dress of white.
Where's my head? Where's my head?
Where's my head? Where's my head?
Lyrics submitted by remembermaine
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Where I hung my coat, it's where I left my head So you'd be wise to doubt every word I ever said 'Cause I just want to eat some chocolate And go straight back, I'll go straight back to bed
Where's my head? Where's my head? Where's my head? Where's my head?
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Where's my head? Where's my head? Where's my head? Where's my head?
That said; I think that this song is about a young man who loves a girl but is not loved in return; he can't sleep, because of the devastation he is feeling.
The first verse would then be him trying to justify and explain why he can't sleep, and recognizing that he's not making any sense; he just wants to be left alone with his pain.
The second would then, in the case of unrequited love, be about how he would give anything for her, but knows he can't have her unless he dreams... Which he does for the rest of the album.