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.
Why don't you go
Photograph everything that ever passed in time (time)
Indigenous traces, tribal chiefs
Vanishing hereditary lines (lines)
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao
When you see that honking antelope
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
Nature based beings
Will survive apocalyptic days of now
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao
When you see that honking antelope
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
Of it all
Run away with me now
Run away with me now
My life
We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong
Nature will survive us human dogs after all
Why don't you go
And photograph everything that ever passed in time (time)
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao
When you see that honking antelope
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
When you see that honking antelope
Secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
Of it all
Run away with me now
Run away with me now
My love
We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong
Nature will survive us human dogs after all
We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong
Wouldn't it be great to heal the world with only a song?
Photograph everything that ever passed in time (time)
Indigenous traces, tribal chiefs
Vanishing hereditary lines (lines)
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao
When you see that honking antelope
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
Nature based beings
Will survive apocalyptic days of now
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao
When you see that honking antelope
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
Of it all
Run away with me now
Run away with me now
My life
We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong
Nature will survive us human dogs after all
Why don't you go
And photograph everything that ever passed in time (time)
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao
When you see that honking antelope
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
When you see that honking antelope
Secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all
Of it all
Run away with me now
Run away with me now
My love
We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong
Nature will survive us human dogs after all
We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong
Wouldn't it be great to heal the world with only a song?
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