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.
Sell me candy like it's summer when it's melting in my hands
I know you're around like the ice cream man
I can hear you calling, whisper something in my ear
You're sweet like sugar, tell me what I wanna hear
I'm weak by your touch and when it's melting on my lips
I run through my body when you lick my fingertips
You're selling me a fantasy that I want to explore
It sounds so good spoil me rotten to the core
Talk to me
Take care of my dreams
All I need
Is you beside me
It's destiny
Just let it be
If the words can speak
Then baby sell it to me
Sell me candy, sell me love
Sell me heaven, sell me doves
What's the charge? What's the cost?
(I'm the daddy) You the boss
You could be a professional, boy you make a sale
I try to resist but every time I fail
The one temptation that I gotta endure
The running through my body now you're knocking at my door
A thin little kiss and your call is really sweet
But the shawty that you're rocking is nothing like me
You're selling me a fantasy that I want to explore
It sounds so good spoil me rotten to the core, you know
Talk to me
Take care of my dreams
All I need
Is you beside me
It's destiny
Just let it be
If the words can speak
Then baby sell it to me
Sell me candy, sell me love
Sell me heaven, sell me doves
What's the charge? What's the cost?
(I'm the daddy) You the boss
I wanna play, more than you know
So don't you leave, and don't you go
I want it all, until time falls
His arms, I want to roam
I want to love, give him my trust
I want to live, for both of us
I want to breathe you, lay on your shoulder
I want to warm you, when nights get colder
I want love, love, love
I want love, love, love
Talk to me
Take care of my dreams
All I need
Is you beside me
It's destiny
Just let it be
If the words can speak
Then baby, sell it to me
Sell me candy, sell me love
Sell me heaven, sell me doves
What's the charge? What's the cost?
(I'm the daddy) you the boss
I know you're around like the ice cream man
I can hear you calling, whisper something in my ear
You're sweet like sugar, tell me what I wanna hear
I'm weak by your touch and when it's melting on my lips
I run through my body when you lick my fingertips
You're selling me a fantasy that I want to explore
It sounds so good spoil me rotten to the core
Talk to me
Take care of my dreams
All I need
Is you beside me
It's destiny
Just let it be
If the words can speak
Then baby sell it to me
Sell me candy, sell me love
Sell me heaven, sell me doves
What's the charge? What's the cost?
(I'm the daddy) You the boss
You could be a professional, boy you make a sale
I try to resist but every time I fail
The one temptation that I gotta endure
The running through my body now you're knocking at my door
A thin little kiss and your call is really sweet
But the shawty that you're rocking is nothing like me
You're selling me a fantasy that I want to explore
It sounds so good spoil me rotten to the core, you know
Talk to me
Take care of my dreams
All I need
Is you beside me
It's destiny
Just let it be
If the words can speak
Then baby sell it to me
Sell me candy, sell me love
Sell me heaven, sell me doves
What's the charge? What's the cost?
(I'm the daddy) You the boss
I wanna play, more than you know
So don't you leave, and don't you go
I want it all, until time falls
His arms, I want to roam
I want to love, give him my trust
I want to live, for both of us
I want to breathe you, lay on your shoulder
I want to warm you, when nights get colder
I want love, love, love
I want love, love, love
Talk to me
Take care of my dreams
All I need
Is you beside me
It's destiny
Just let it be
If the words can speak
Then baby, sell it to me
Sell me candy, sell me love
Sell me heaven, sell me doves
What's the charge? What's the cost?
(I'm the daddy) you the boss
Lyrics submitted by strykerchick
Sell Me Candy Lyrics as written by Terius Youngdell Nash Timothy Z. Mosley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Anthem Entertainment, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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LYRICAL CORRECTIONS: Wrong:"I'm weak by your touch you almost knocking out my licks A rush through my body, then you let my body tip" Right:"I'm weak for your touch when it's meltin' on my lips A rush though my body tinglen' my fingertips"
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Wrong:"Until time falls These arms, oh won't you roam" Right:"Until time falls These arms, won't hold you wrong"
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