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.
Won't break my heart
I won't hope to die if before Lexington I could slow down
They say a chariot's waiting when you get cut loose
The place start swinging when it's me on the noose
Mother do you think that your children cry?
'Cause they want to shake your chain?
I walked miles today one for every year of my life
In this stinking fucking rain
Ooh, Just to slow down
So I could slow down
So I could slow down, yeah
Work for me luck just one last time
Spare me a chance, I've wasted mine
Shine on me light, don't you know I would
Reach for you there if only I could?
If I could slow down
If I could slow down
If I could slow down
Just slow down
I don't mind being stoned they say, Jesus was
And I like being alone and I can take living low
Forgive my being cruel if ever I was say a word for me too
When I'm under the gun it wouldn't break my heart
If I could slow down
Let the place start swinging
If there's a chariot waiting
Wouldn't break my heart
If I could slow down
Let the place start swinging
There's a chariot waiting
Wouldn't break my heart
I won't hope to die if before Lexington I could slow down
They say a chariot's waiting when you get cut loose
The place start swinging when it's me on the noose
Mother do you think that your children cry?
'Cause they want to shake your chain?
I walked miles today one for every year of my life
In this stinking fucking rain
Ooh, Just to slow down
So I could slow down
So I could slow down, yeah
Work for me luck just one last time
Spare me a chance, I've wasted mine
Shine on me light, don't you know I would
Reach for you there if only I could?
If I could slow down
If I could slow down
If I could slow down
Just slow down
I don't mind being stoned they say, Jesus was
And I like being alone and I can take living low
Forgive my being cruel if ever I was say a word for me too
When I'm under the gun it wouldn't break my heart
If I could slow down
Let the place start swinging
If there's a chariot waiting
Wouldn't break my heart
If I could slow down
Let the place start swinging
There's a chariot waiting
Wouldn't break my heart
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@vergatim What exactly is Lexington?
Great poetic lyrics.
"Mother do you think that your children cry Because they want to shake your chain? I walked miles today One for every year of my life In this stinking fucking rain"