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 be your consolement when we both do feel blue
yes me too, i want to be you
i want to feed on your food
put your neck in my snood
yes you're going to have to want to be me as well
two of us
like a double decker bus
when i want to go to bed
your pillow will hug my head
when I want to close your eyes i will sing you lullabies
i will sing you lullabies
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heart pumping your blood your heartbeat in mine
when we go to Asda
i'll go shopping for your pasta
you'll fetch my candy floss
packing it away will be the both of us
let's go to the park its not very far
you take the right footsteps i'll take whats left
see and saw bouncing like a kangaroo bouncing til our bums are raw you push me and i'll push you
swinging makes us both feel ick
got to wash my mouth out quick
that's not the flavour of my sick
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heart pumping your blood your heartbeat in mine
breathe me in your snot will come out when i sneeze
strung up like a mandolin
one sound when you strum 2 Gs
living in our harmonies
living with the utmost ease
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heat pumping your blood your
heartbeat in mine
you're my honey im your bees
i'm the mould around your cheese
you're the mushy in my peas
i'm the rice in your krispies
you're my bag of groceries
you're the windscreen i'm the antifreeze
i'm the cough and you're the wheeze
you're the bless you for my sneeze
i'm the thanks and you're the please
you're the bruises on my knees
you're the charger for my batteries
i'm the land and you're the seas
you're the cat and i'm your fleas
i'm the squirrels in the trees
you're the summer in my breeze
are we lovers or just siamese
im your
you're the squeegee that i squeeze
i'm the curl and you're frizz-ease
you're the lock that fits my keys
you're the tune to all my melodies
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heart pumping your blood, your heartbeat in mine (x3)
yes me too, i want to be you
i want to feed on your food
put your neck in my snood
yes you're going to have to want to be me as well
two of us
like a double decker bus
when i want to go to bed
your pillow will hug my head
when I want to close your eyes i will sing you lullabies
i will sing you lullabies
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heart pumping your blood your heartbeat in mine
when we go to Asda
i'll go shopping for your pasta
you'll fetch my candy floss
packing it away will be the both of us
let's go to the park its not very far
you take the right footsteps i'll take whats left
see and saw bouncing like a kangaroo bouncing til our bums are raw you push me and i'll push you
swinging makes us both feel ick
got to wash my mouth out quick
that's not the flavour of my sick
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heart pumping your blood your heartbeat in mine
breathe me in your snot will come out when i sneeze
strung up like a mandolin
one sound when you strum 2 Gs
living in our harmonies
living with the utmost ease
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heat pumping your blood your
heartbeat in mine
you're my honey im your bees
i'm the mould around your cheese
you're the mushy in my peas
i'm the rice in your krispies
you're my bag of groceries
you're the windscreen i'm the antifreeze
i'm the cough and you're the wheeze
you're the bless you for my sneeze
i'm the thanks and you're the please
you're the bruises on my knees
you're the charger for my batteries
i'm the land and you're the seas
you're the cat and i'm your fleas
i'm the squirrels in the trees
you're the summer in my breeze
are we lovers or just siamese
im your
you're the squeegee that i squeeze
i'm the curl and you're frizz-ease
you're the lock that fits my keys
you're the tune to all my melodies
from my mouth and your lungs we'll share words and swap tongues
my heart pumping your blood, your heartbeat in mine (x3)
Lyrics submitted by milkywaykid, edited by thehoipoll
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