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.
hey, you cash on the barrel-head and get on the floor
and all the rest of you away from the door
and everything that you ever thought would come true
i've got news for you..
all the cash on the barrel-head
you never thought you'd be doing this ever
i don't know why you think you can talk to me
in such an uncivil tone
i should peel back the skin from an orange
' remember how you got all o' this
well all of this.. is stiff of coming true
there's nothing you can do to change it
you dont have to do the crime to do the time
its just guilt by association
i've been thinking to myself
There's something we should be upfront about
Are you starting to figure out
that you're never going home?
Never going home?
all alone, but from what i see fit
there's nothing you can do to change it
you dont have to do the crime to do the time
its just guilt by association
i'll stop you right here
i've got something to say
everything they deserve today
is going to come true..
how 'bout you?
no, you never thought you'd be in this place right here
where we're at
well there's something you must confront right now, now
dont you wish you could
take it
dont you wish you could change the way i feel
dont you wish you could look into my eyes
and make me feel
you're going to make me feel
its just guilt by association
and all the rest of you away from the door
and everything that you ever thought would come true
i've got news for you..
all the cash on the barrel-head
you never thought you'd be doing this ever
i don't know why you think you can talk to me
in such an uncivil tone
i should peel back the skin from an orange
' remember how you got all o' this
well all of this.. is stiff of coming true
there's nothing you can do to change it
you dont have to do the crime to do the time
its just guilt by association
i've been thinking to myself
There's something we should be upfront about
Are you starting to figure out
that you're never going home?
Never going home?
all alone, but from what i see fit
there's nothing you can do to change it
you dont have to do the crime to do the time
its just guilt by association
i'll stop you right here
i've got something to say
everything they deserve today
is going to come true..
how 'bout you?
no, you never thought you'd be in this place right here
where we're at
well there's something you must confront right now, now
dont you wish you could
take it
dont you wish you could change the way i feel
dont you wish you could look into my eyes
and make me feel
you're going to make me feel
its just guilt by association
Lyrics submitted by 4horsemen21
Guilt by Association Lyrics as written by Brian Joseph Karscig Jason Staehler Hill
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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i love this song
its about politics.
I love this song, although I'm pretty sure the lyrics are off. It should be:
Remember how you got all this? Well all this.. It's never ever coming true
Also: There's something we should be upfront about Are you starting to figure out that you're never going home? Never going home?
And (I think): Well there's something we must confront now now
I definitely agree with bnjskate. It's about politics and how everyone's out to get what they want, and don't care about other people or what happens to them. Awesome song.
I love this song, although I'm pretty sure the lyrics are off. It should be:
Remember how you got all this? Well all this.. It's never ever coming true
Also: There's something we should be upfront about Are you starting to figure out that you're never going home? Never going home?
And (I think): Well there's something we must confront now now
I definitely agree with bnjskate. It's about politics and how everyone's out to get what they want, and don't care about other people or what happens to them. Awesome song.
Someone mind telling us what the backwards audio at the beginning says? It scared the hell out of me when I first listened to it because the speakers were turned way up.
I see how it could apply to politics, but my first idea was an armed robbery. The robber is talking to the people in the store, they never thought they'd be in that position; they're realizing they might not be going home.
Totally what I thought, the beginning is a bank robbery.
Totally what I thought, the beginning is a bank robbery.