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 was so careful with my words
eloquent if ever to be heard
i was so simple then
so trying then
i never really could be pure
i was so carried by that brush
as it moved up and down
on the canvas that it touched
i was so foolish then
gave it importance
i never noticed the color much
i was so focused on the grade
as it blurred in and out on the frame
i was so blinded
i never noticed when the picture was ok
and i can sing about it now
all my mistakes as i figure them out
i won't hide them
i'll just let 'em all out
let them budge, i'll let them budge
so when you ask me to let go, i won't think of it much
i was devoted to my faith
for the shortcomings in my reasoning that it forgave
was i so desperate then to give in?
i just hoped to be saved
i was so humbled by the sound
as it rolled through the air
rumbled the ground
i was so frightened then
to meet bitter ends
and still it's hard to sing out
and i can write about them now
all my mistakes as i figure them out
i can't hide them
they just fall right down
to the page
so when you go to burn the book, they gladly go up in flames
and i can sing about them now
all my regrets as they come pouring out
i display them
i just can't let myself live them down
i'm ok
oh we're all ok
let's not be frightened of turning the page
eloquent if ever to be heard
i was so simple then
so trying then
i never really could be pure
i was so carried by that brush
as it moved up and down
on the canvas that it touched
i was so foolish then
gave it importance
i never noticed the color much
i was so focused on the grade
as it blurred in and out on the frame
i was so blinded
i never noticed when the picture was ok
and i can sing about it now
all my mistakes as i figure them out
i won't hide them
i'll just let 'em all out
let them budge, i'll let them budge
so when you ask me to let go, i won't think of it much
i was devoted to my faith
for the shortcomings in my reasoning that it forgave
was i so desperate then to give in?
i just hoped to be saved
i was so humbled by the sound
as it rolled through the air
rumbled the ground
i was so frightened then
to meet bitter ends
and still it's hard to sing out
and i can write about them now
all my mistakes as i figure them out
i can't hide them
they just fall right down
to the page
so when you go to burn the book, they gladly go up in flames
and i can sing about them now
all my regrets as they come pouring out
i display them
i just can't let myself live them down
i'm ok
oh we're all ok
let's not be frightened of turning the page
Lyrics submitted by southboundpachyderm
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