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.
He's not sure what he should do
She's seventeen, he's twenty-two
Is that too much of a difference?
So instead look what he's done
He's found a girl who's thirty-one
Is that too much of a difference?
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got a mate who says behave
You're not too bad but twice her age
Does that really make any difference?
He's had a few, we've all been there
Just seventeen but he don't care
I don't think he knows the difference
'Cause she's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
His mates found out, he feels a fool
They saw her on the bus to school
Should that really make any difference?
What would her dad say if he knew
She's on her knees, he's twenty-two
I don't think he'd like the difference
Does that really make any difference?
'Cause she's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
'Cause she's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's seventeen, he's twenty-two
Is that too much of a difference?
So instead look what he's done
He's found a girl who's thirty-one
Is that too much of a difference?
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got a mate who says behave
You're not too bad but twice her age
Does that really make any difference?
He's had a few, we've all been there
Just seventeen but he don't care
I don't think he knows the difference
'Cause she's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
His mates found out, he feels a fool
They saw her on the bus to school
Should that really make any difference?
What would her dad say if he knew
She's on her knees, he's twenty-two
I don't think he'd like the difference
Does that really make any difference?
'Cause she's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
'Cause she's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
She's got everything he wants
She's got everything he needs
(Take her back, take her back, take her back)
(Take her back, take her back, take her back to her place)
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this song is SO AWSUM man do the pigis rock
This song is a great snap-shot about relationships. I think it is how you'd make excuses about people, ie. Age.
Love the line... 'what would her dad say if he knew she's on her knees, he's 22' GENIUS!
biggd21 - check out, Little Man Tate, the View, the Zutons and the Kooks. No doubt heard of the last two.
It's all about how girls dress up to look older than they actually are.
This boy thought this girl was 31 then found out she's 17, hense why he's in denial and trying to convince himself it's alright.
As for the guy asking about English Bands.. Bloc Party, Maximo Park, The View, The Kooks, Keane, The Libertines/Babyshambles.. to name but a few.
"This boy thought this girl was 31 then found out she's 17, "<br /> <br /> no girl who is 17 will ever look like 31 ...<br />
I'm pretty sure it two different girls and he knows she's 17 cause he's not sure what he should do, if he didn't know she was 17 he wouldn't be confused, then its says he found a girl who's 31, which implies it is someone else as others he wouldn't need to look
sweeeeeeeeeet
i love this song so much the lyrics are so simple but so nice:)
my fave song be 'em there soo gd cant wait 2 see 'em in scharborough
this song is kick ass. i dont know how i find out about these little english bands. i loved the arctic monkeys before anybody in the U.S. even heard about em... i live in indiana, U.S. u guys got any other sweet bands that have similar sounds over there?
kasabian,the kooks, dirty pretty things, the libertines(even tho they broke up), babyshambles, the fratellis (even tho their scotish) =D seen as you wrote this in 2007 you might never see this, but i got excited and had to write!
wow a song about me!... if you add at least 5 years onto the bloke.
Yh this song is brilliant, a nice angle on a relationship, age differences haven't come up for a bit in the uk. The woman who's 31, is this a suggestion that he's cheated on the 17 yr old (why would you do that!?*) with the 31 yr old, or is he pretending to his mates he's seeing a 31 yr old, or has someone tried to set him up with her...? I could go on.
A song about me too, I lied about my age though. It's really uncomfortable now.
:) awesome song. pigeon detectives are mint.