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.
In the descent of man
Heading for extinction
Catch us if you can
I'll make this prediction
You're my XY chromosome
And the love between us
Is fully blown
That's why here at home
I'm you're one and only
XX alone
Gone for all humanity
A Shakespearean tragedy
We're all XY, XX chromosomes
And the love between us
Is very nearly blown
And that's why we are all at home
Feeling lonely
XY, XX alone
XX alone
God will all humanity
Failed to find a remedy
We haven't found a place
Where we can all human kind
Together be
We're all XY, XX chromosomes
And the love between us
Should be fully grown
And that's why we should be all at home
And never lonely
XY, XX all one
I'm dreaming the meaning of words
And what do they all mean?
It's all so absurd
We focus on all the worse things
And we're all full of fear
For what the life brings
You're my XY chromosome
And the love between us
Is fully blown
That's why here at home
I'm you're one and only
XX alone
We're all XY, XX chromosomes
And the love between us
Should be fully grown
And that's why we should be all at home
And never lonely
XY, XX all one
XX alone (rpt to end)
Heading for extinction
Catch us if you can
I'll make this prediction
You're my XY chromosome
And the love between us
Is fully blown
That's why here at home
I'm you're one and only
XX alone
Gone for all humanity
A Shakespearean tragedy
We're all XY, XX chromosomes
And the love between us
Is very nearly blown
And that's why we are all at home
Feeling lonely
XY, XX alone
XX alone
God will all humanity
Failed to find a remedy
We haven't found a place
Where we can all human kind
Together be
We're all XY, XX chromosomes
And the love between us
Should be fully grown
And that's why we should be all at home
And never lonely
XY, XX all one
I'm dreaming the meaning of words
And what do they all mean?
It's all so absurd
We focus on all the worse things
And we're all full of fear
For what the life brings
You're my XY chromosome
And the love between us
Is fully blown
That's why here at home
I'm you're one and only
XX alone
We're all XY, XX chromosomes
And the love between us
Should be fully grown
And that's why we should be all at home
And never lonely
XY, XX all one
XX alone (rpt to end)
Lyrics submitted by SMUSER17185761
Next Human (Xy) Lyrics as written by Jimmy Thomas Bone
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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