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.
No bright lights
No big city
Went to my head
So I wont stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead
Cause I can't find a thing and get it done
Raise my heart and ring my ears
So I wont be stick around in this town
That's true
Cause I won't
And I can't
And I don't understand
You've become what you hate,
Or you hate what you've become?
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone away
So I make my way through the quagmire
Who's glorifying me?
You is, as the detox in this city
So if I may be excused
Cause I won't
And I can't
And I don't understand
You've become what you hate,
Or you hate what you've become?
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone away
Well I won't be around for the good times
Won't be around for the bad
And I won't stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead
And I won't
And I can't
And I live cause I can
And I won't be back again
Well I got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Well I got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Well I got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone away
And I gotta get gone away
Cos I gotta get gone away
Gotta get gone away
No big city
Went to my head
So I wont stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead
Cause I can't find a thing and get it done
Raise my heart and ring my ears
So I wont be stick around in this town
That's true
Cause I won't
And I can't
And I don't understand
You've become what you hate,
Or you hate what you've become?
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone away
So I make my way through the quagmire
Who's glorifying me?
You is, as the detox in this city
So if I may be excused
Cause I won't
And I can't
And I don't understand
You've become what you hate,
Or you hate what you've become?
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone away
Well I won't be around for the good times
Won't be around for the bad
And I won't stick around in this town
No I'm getting out instead
And I won't
And I can't
And I live cause I can
And I won't be back again
Well I got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Well I got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Well I got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone
Got me a ticket and I won't be long
Cause I can't go on
And I gotta get gone away
And I gotta get gone away
Cos I gotta get gone away
Gotta get gone away
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