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 would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy
All of these things I do
All of these things I do
To get away from you
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
I would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy
All of these things I do
All of these things I do
To get away from you
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
I would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy
All of these things I do
All of these things I do
To get away from you
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
I would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy
All of these things I do
All of these things I do
To get away from you
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
I would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you
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I Could Be Happy Lyrics as written by Brian Keegan Anthony Mcdaid
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Cannot believe no one has commented on this song. It's so simple. She is unhappy and longs to go to a bliss place away from the bearer of her pain.
@crimsoncharmed27 Thank You and indeed. For me , it's related to Love on it from her Bf or hope of Love and Happniness
What a great sound this little band had. Had that Japanese punkyness about it. Lovely!
Not as simple as it looks! I think she is expressing ambivalence and confusion. There is contradiction in the words. At first she talks about the desire to do various things that would get her away. Then later She says that she does them.
The song's video is very revealing. There is someone dressed in a lion costume that very propablly represents the 'man' she is trying to escape. A cuddly lion that she kisses at the end of the video.