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 want to crawl back inside my mother's womb
I want to shut out all the lights in this room
I want to start fresh, like a baby in a sink
Scrub away all these thoughts that I think of you
So life moves slowly when you're waiting for it to boil,
Feel like I watch from six feet under the soil
Still, want to hold you and kiss behind your ears,
But I recount the countless tears that I lost for you
But before you finally go there's one thing you should know, that I promise
Starting now, I'll never know your name
Starting now, I'll never feel the same
Starting now, I wish you never came into my world
I want to crawl back inside my bed of sin
I want to burn the sheets that smell like your skin
Instead I'll wash them just like kitchen rags with stains
Spinning away every piece that remains of you
But before you finally go there's one thing you should know, that I promise
Starting now, I'll never know your name
Starting now, I'll never feel the same
Starting now, I wish you never came into my world
It's my world, it's not ours anymore
It's my world, it's not ours anymore
Starting now, I'll never know your name
Starting now, I'll never feel the same
Starting now, I wish you never came into my world
I want to shut out all the lights in this room
I want to start fresh, like a baby in a sink
Scrub away all these thoughts that I think of you
So life moves slowly when you're waiting for it to boil,
Feel like I watch from six feet under the soil
Still, want to hold you and kiss behind your ears,
But I recount the countless tears that I lost for you
But before you finally go there's one thing you should know, that I promise
Starting now, I'll never know your name
Starting now, I'll never feel the same
Starting now, I wish you never came into my world
I want to crawl back inside my bed of sin
I want to burn the sheets that smell like your skin
Instead I'll wash them just like kitchen rags with stains
Spinning away every piece that remains of you
But before you finally go there's one thing you should know, that I promise
Starting now, I'll never know your name
Starting now, I'll never feel the same
Starting now, I wish you never came into my world
It's my world, it's not ours anymore
It's my world, it's not ours anymore
Starting now, I'll never know your name
Starting now, I'll never feel the same
Starting now, I wish you never came into my world
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This song made me cry. Really, really cry. I don't think it's exactly about 'embracing your independence,' i think it's about moving on, but only because you know that the other person is sick of you. And you care about them, so you don't want to make them be with you when they don't want to.
Oh man. I interpreted this song in a similar way. Maybe because what you described is what I went through with my ex boyfriend :(