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've been throwing up over this ledge for the last 7 weeks
and you've been throwing history to hell
I've been writing almost everyday that I've been gone
do you still remember how my beard once felt
I've been eating seaweed from a whale named Emily
she could swallow me, or help me swallow pride
We wade under the tow like diamonds
We wade under the tow like diamonds
Like diamonds do
I've been watching you look at a locket from your mother
or perhaps it's from a girl you don't speak of
Do you miss her when she's sleeping
Do you find it hard to eat when
everything reminds you of her steely ghost
So to captains of my captain, how can I become a captain
Get the strength I need to pull this one around
I will wait under the tow like lions
I will wait under the tow like lions
Like lions do
Oh my god, what am I doing here?
Now I walk this ship of golden brown
You sit back covered up in sounds
That don't come from my lips
You know they don't come from my lips
And you can try to break the silence
While you're making love with violence
To my flesh and blood, a traitor
Oh my flesh and blood are traitors to you now.
Oh my god, what am I doing here?
Oh my flesh and blood are traitors to you now.
Oh my god, what am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
and you've been throwing history to hell
I've been writing almost everyday that I've been gone
do you still remember how my beard once felt
I've been eating seaweed from a whale named Emily
she could swallow me, or help me swallow pride
We wade under the tow like diamonds
We wade under the tow like diamonds
Like diamonds do
I've been watching you look at a locket from your mother
or perhaps it's from a girl you don't speak of
Do you miss her when she's sleeping
Do you find it hard to eat when
everything reminds you of her steely ghost
So to captains of my captain, how can I become a captain
Get the strength I need to pull this one around
I will wait under the tow like lions
I will wait under the tow like lions
Like lions do
Oh my god, what am I doing here?
Now I walk this ship of golden brown
You sit back covered up in sounds
That don't come from my lips
You know they don't come from my lips
And you can try to break the silence
While you're making love with violence
To my flesh and blood, a traitor
Oh my flesh and blood are traitors to you now.
Oh my god, what am I doing here?
Oh my flesh and blood are traitors to you now.
Oh my god, what am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
Lyrics submitted by measure3three, edited by heatherisgreat, Jimbo454
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Do you think it's steely ghost instead of stilly, because stilly is not a word...
Stilly is an old word meaning calm
yeahh it's stilly.
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absolutely insane. riddled with brilliance.
the ending's so perfect.
and you can try to break the silence while you making love with violence
<3
fuck you.