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.
I'm going to see some friends from out of state
The very trip you were supposed to take
A while ago
But it fell through
Like all of you
Like all of you
Thought I'd make the drive
But a free plane ride is in the air
And just like that my fear of it disappeared
Like all of you
Like all of you
And I look high and low for yesterday
High and low for you and I
High and low
Once I can see straight I might move
Somewhere cold
Seattle or the Bay area; to see your ghost
What's left of you
What's left of you
And I look high and low for yesterday
High and low for you and I
High and low
Found a letter from a man I might have met
Addressed to you
And I'll steal the words he ended with:
I miss you
And I do
Miss you
And I do
High and low for yesterday
High and low for you and I
High and low
The very trip you were supposed to take
A while ago
But it fell through
Like all of you
Like all of you
Thought I'd make the drive
But a free plane ride is in the air
And just like that my fear of it disappeared
Like all of you
Like all of you
And I look high and low for yesterday
High and low for you and I
High and low
Once I can see straight I might move
Somewhere cold
Seattle or the Bay area; to see your ghost
What's left of you
What's left of you
And I look high and low for yesterday
High and low for you and I
High and low
Found a letter from a man I might have met
Addressed to you
And I'll steal the words he ended with:
I miss you
And I do
Miss you
And I do
High and low for yesterday
High and low for you and I
High and low
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i found greg on myspace - just browsing through indie, unsigned bands and what not and i immediatly fell in love with this song. i know a lot of people relate to songs like these with past relationships and this song in general goes creepishly great with my last relationship. i was seeing this guy for a little under 5 months and i was absolutely head over heals but there was so many unspoken problems. i guess we thought because we cared about eachother so much that the problems would just disappear. we were supposed to take a trip upstate to visit my best friend for a weekend but the plans fell through and a few weeks later we broke up. when he says "i look high and low for yesterday i look high and low for you and i" thats exactly how i feel. we met through mutual friends and it was great bc it was all couples and we all always had a good time and i really miss that part of my life. i dont even talk to those friends anymore. a lot the the time i do things i know that we would enjoy doing together - kinda like how he says "to see your ghost - whats left of you" - its kind of pathetic, but im sure everyone does it. after we broke up i wrote him this long letter about how i truely felt about everything (all the unspoken problems) and at the end of it i wrote i miss you a lot - even though we were still talking at the time i wrote the letter everything was totally different, it was like we were trying to become strangers so we could just get over it fast. a while later, before we really stopped talking, he told me he cried when he read the letter and wished we would have spoke about those things a lot sooner. in the end we really just hurt eachother too much. i havent talked to him in about 4 months but i still feel very close to him.
anyway, the song is amazing - greg laswell is amazing.