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.
You are a chair that I have kept
And nights in your arms I have wept
For you to come back
Are far to many
You are a seashell that I keep
I listen when the water’s deep
And I am lonely
You crowd my memories
Take over space you’ve never seen
You told me things you could not mean
Left me with no room to breathe
You are a figment, I have created you
A source of pleasure and of pain
Relic of what could have been
An empty guy I will not sell
A story I will not tell
Not any more
You crowd my memories
Take over space you’ve never seen
You told me things you could not mean
Left me with no room to breathe
You crowd my memories
You crowd my memories
My god but you were cold and hard
I kept thinking there was more
I was reaching so far to save you
And when you said I was a star
You meant that I was beautiful and far away
I should have stayed away
You crowd my memories
Take over space you’ve never seen
You told me things you could not mean
Left me with no room to breathe
You crowd my memories
You crowd my memories
God help me I am weak and vain
And though I never speak your name
I hope you think of me
I hope to see your face again
You crowd my memories x4
And nights in your arms I have wept
For you to come back
Are far to many
You are a seashell that I keep
I listen when the water’s deep
And I am lonely
You crowd my memories
Take over space you’ve never seen
You told me things you could not mean
Left me with no room to breathe
You are a figment, I have created you
A source of pleasure and of pain
Relic of what could have been
An empty guy I will not sell
A story I will not tell
Not any more
You crowd my memories
Take over space you’ve never seen
You told me things you could not mean
Left me with no room to breathe
You crowd my memories
You crowd my memories
My god but you were cold and hard
I kept thinking there was more
I was reaching so far to save you
And when you said I was a star
You meant that I was beautiful and far away
I should have stayed away
You crowd my memories
Take over space you’ve never seen
You told me things you could not mean
Left me with no room to breathe
You crowd my memories
You crowd my memories
God help me I am weak and vain
And though I never speak your name
I hope you think of me
I hope to see your face again
You crowd my memories x4
Lyrics submitted by whatnikkidid
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