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 the stick count for the song of knowing you're gone
Glancing up at where you lived when you lived here
I see you, suddenly alive and nearly smiling
Stop and hold my breath and watch the way you used to be
The full moon makes our faces shine
Like over-ironed polyester
Then disappears behind the clouds
And leaves me under empty rows of night windows
We could walk to where these streets get pulled together
A blinking line with gravel shoulders squared towards an end
Where the radio resounds from doppling traffic
Where the power lines steal S's from the hourly news
De-pluralize our casualties
Drown the Generals out in static
We'd turn and watch our city sprawl
And send us signals in the glow of night windows
Night windows
Night windows
But you're not coming home again (night windows)
And I won't ever get to say (night windows)
Remember how I'm sorry that I miss the way could we? (night windows)
Remember how I'm sorry that I miss the way could we?
Night windows
Night windows
Night windows
Glancing up at where you lived when you lived here
I see you, suddenly alive and nearly smiling
Stop and hold my breath and watch the way you used to be
The full moon makes our faces shine
Like over-ironed polyester
Then disappears behind the clouds
And leaves me under empty rows of night windows
We could walk to where these streets get pulled together
A blinking line with gravel shoulders squared towards an end
Where the radio resounds from doppling traffic
Where the power lines steal S's from the hourly news
De-pluralize our casualties
Drown the Generals out in static
We'd turn and watch our city sprawl
And send us signals in the glow of night windows
Night windows
Night windows
But you're not coming home again (night windows)
And I won't ever get to say (night windows)
Remember how I'm sorry that I miss the way could we? (night windows)
Remember how I'm sorry that I miss the way could we?
Night windows
Night windows
Night windows
Lyrics submitted by ConsciousPilot
Night Windows Lyrics as written by Jason Tait John K Samson
Lyrics © MOTHERSHIP MUSIC PUBLISHING
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