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.
Night comes like a stranger
It's stranger still that you're not by my side
Cos I can't hear the echo of
Our voices boucning off these walls
And I feel like a ghost that owns this house
It's hard to say when I went wrong but
All that I want for you
Is no more tears
I know I'm the reason why you cry them, dear
I wish that I could rewind.
Wake up to an empty lie
And all the wrong I've done thinking I was right
But nobody can stop me now
I've got no heart for them to occupy
And I can't tell my up from down but
All that I want from you
Is no more tears
I know I'm the reason why you cry them, dear
I wish that I could rewind.
Rewind.
All the words turn to ashes in my mouth
And anything that I could say is bullshit anyhow
I know I don't deserve a heart like yours
the only thing that I could say
the only thing that I could say
Is all I that I want for you
Is no more tears
I know I'm the reason why you cry them, dear
I wish that I could rewind.
Rewind
Rewind
Rewind
It's stranger still that you're not by my side
Cos I can't hear the echo of
Our voices boucning off these walls
And I feel like a ghost that owns this house
It's hard to say when I went wrong but
All that I want for you
Is no more tears
I know I'm the reason why you cry them, dear
I wish that I could rewind.
Wake up to an empty lie
And all the wrong I've done thinking I was right
But nobody can stop me now
I've got no heart for them to occupy
And I can't tell my up from down but
All that I want from you
Is no more tears
I know I'm the reason why you cry them, dear
I wish that I could rewind.
Rewind.
All the words turn to ashes in my mouth
And anything that I could say is bullshit anyhow
I know I don't deserve a heart like yours
the only thing that I could say
the only thing that I could say
Is all I that I want for you
Is no more tears
I know I'm the reason why you cry them, dear
I wish that I could rewind.
Rewind
Rewind
Rewind
Lyrics submitted by stfu mac
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