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.
Just about the time the shadows call
I undress my mind and dare you to follow
Paint a portrait of my mystery
Only close my eyes and you are here with me
A nameless face to think I see
To sit and watch the waves with me till they're gone
A heart I'd swear I'd recognize is
Made out of my own devices could I be wrong?
Time that I've taken
Pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of
One sweet love?
Sleepless nights you creep inside of me
Paint your shadows on the breath that we share
You take more than just my sanity
It take my reason not to care
No ordinary wings I'll need
The sky itself will carry me back to you
The things I dream that I can do
I'll open up the moon for you
Just come down soon
The time that I've taken (The time that I've taken)
A pray is not wasted (Pray is not wasted)
Have I already tasted my piece of
One sweet love?
Ready and waiting (Ready and waiting)
For a heart worth the breaking (heart worth the breaking)
I'd settle for an honest mistake, the name of
One sweet love
Savor the sorrow to soften the pain
Sip on the southern rain, as I do
I don't look don't touch don't do anything
But hope that there is a you
The earth that is the space between
I'd banish it from under me to get to you
Your unexpected love provides
My solitary's suicide oh I wish I knew
Time that I've taken
A pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of
One sweet love?
Ready and waiting (Ready and waiting)
For a heart worth the breaking (heart worth the breaking)
But I'd settle for an honest mistake in the name of
One sweet love
One sweet love
I undress my mind and dare you to follow
Paint a portrait of my mystery
Only close my eyes and you are here with me
A nameless face to think I see
To sit and watch the waves with me till they're gone
A heart I'd swear I'd recognize is
Made out of my own devices could I be wrong?
Time that I've taken
Pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of
One sweet love?
Sleepless nights you creep inside of me
Paint your shadows on the breath that we share
You take more than just my sanity
It take my reason not to care
No ordinary wings I'll need
The sky itself will carry me back to you
The things I dream that I can do
I'll open up the moon for you
Just come down soon
The time that I've taken (The time that I've taken)
A pray is not wasted (Pray is not wasted)
Have I already tasted my piece of
One sweet love?
Ready and waiting (Ready and waiting)
For a heart worth the breaking (heart worth the breaking)
I'd settle for an honest mistake, the name of
One sweet love
Savor the sorrow to soften the pain
Sip on the southern rain, as I do
I don't look don't touch don't do anything
But hope that there is a you
The earth that is the space between
I'd banish it from under me to get to you
Your unexpected love provides
My solitary's suicide oh I wish I knew
Time that I've taken
A pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of
One sweet love?
Ready and waiting (Ready and waiting)
For a heart worth the breaking (heart worth the breaking)
But I'd settle for an honest mistake in the name of
One sweet love
One sweet love
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