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.
Let's save our arms, knives, tanks and guns.
Let's put them in the shed until we fight a war not based on assumption.
Let's save our bombs and set our sights on
faith-based initiatives that only work for some.
We need to save the war for something worth our lives.
Let's spend some time stopping blatant gay hate crimes.
We need to keep the war reserved for something big
like religious zealots that wanna murder gay kids.
How do you find that you'll prevent suicide
by telling a teenage lesbian to go find Jesus?
One love. One people. That's what we need.
But we're focusing on all the wrong things
Besides, fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.
We cannot stand for this.
I can't believe we're gonna let 'em kill the kids.
We need to save the war for something worth our lives.
Like Comissions Acts recinding all our rights.
We need to keep the war reserved for something big.
Not just trying to put the fear into the kids.
Holy fuck! Oh good lord! Oh my god! Oh MY god! Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh
God! Oh God! Oh No!!!
Lyrics submitted by crazynines
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Also from their Myspace: that last "oh shit oh shit oh god oh god oh no" was 4/5 stolen from We Versus the Shark. On their upcoming EP of Bees EP there is a line that goes "oh shit oh shit oh god oh no." I had tried to come up with different things to put in there, but it just didn't work, plus Luke said it was okay to steal. I added an extra Oh God for good measure. Suck on that, Sharks.
Oh yeah, that fighting for peace, fucking etc line was stolen from a conversation with Steve Foote. That'll learn ya to put me on yr album covr.
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