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.
This day feels like heaven to me
Everything is all wrapped up in gold
So what, oh, what I want to tell you
Love has made me everything but bold
Tangled up within which means
I'm melted by the fire in your eyes
If you only knew this feeling love is stealing
Through me and it leaves me blind
And it feels like fallin'
Oh, I hear it calling me away
Sitting on my windowsill
And suddenly the world is still
Because you looked my way
Because you looked my way
Say your name just so I hear it
Wonder if you're somewhere saying mine
My head is in the clouds
And I'm spinning somewhere in the sands of time
Lying in the sun I taste your kiss
But know it's only in my head
And logic doesn't matter 'cause my sanity
Is hanging by your thread
And it feels like fallin'
Oh I hear it calling me away
Sitting on my windowsill
And suddenly the world is still
Because you looked my way
Because you looked my way
I don't know
Where I'm going
How I got here
All I know
Is that I need you
Here to hold me
Been waiting for the sky to fall
But miracles are few and far between
Last night I thought I saw you
But it turns out you were only in my dreams
All the magic turns to dust
And all the silver stars rust when you're not there
And the money in my pocket don't mean nothin'
If there's not someone to share
And it feels like fallin'
Oh, I hear it calling me away
Sitting on my windowsill
And suddenly the world is still
Because you looked my way
Everything is all wrapped up in gold
So what, oh, what I want to tell you
Love has made me everything but bold
Tangled up within which means
I'm melted by the fire in your eyes
If you only knew this feeling love is stealing
Through me and it leaves me blind
And it feels like fallin'
Oh, I hear it calling me away
Sitting on my windowsill
And suddenly the world is still
Because you looked my way
Because you looked my way
Say your name just so I hear it
Wonder if you're somewhere saying mine
My head is in the clouds
And I'm spinning somewhere in the sands of time
Lying in the sun I taste your kiss
But know it's only in my head
And logic doesn't matter 'cause my sanity
Is hanging by your thread
And it feels like fallin'
Oh I hear it calling me away
Sitting on my windowsill
And suddenly the world is still
Because you looked my way
Because you looked my way
I don't know
Where I'm going
How I got here
All I know
Is that I need you
Here to hold me
Been waiting for the sky to fall
But miracles are few and far between
Last night I thought I saw you
But it turns out you were only in my dreams
All the magic turns to dust
And all the silver stars rust when you're not there
And the money in my pocket don't mean nothin'
If there's not someone to share
And it feels like fallin'
Oh, I hear it calling me away
Sitting on my windowsill
And suddenly the world is still
Because you looked my way
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