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.
2 O'Clock you're still sleeping
When you wake up you'll be in such pain.
And I wait with the plate, piled high with my love
That you wont eat from
Love, you think you can contain me
But the future is already known
We give up our rest, and the best of us though
We'd be better off alone
There's no need to be so terrible
When you know I would do anything for you
This is so laughable, whatever happened to
Knowing that this was forever.
File off the sharpness of feelings so
I'll be protected from all of your evil
When you come round my love, I'll be gone, finally done
Never to come to your rescue.
When you wake up you'll be in such pain.
And I wait with the plate, piled high with my love
That you wont eat from
Love, you think you can contain me
But the future is already known
We give up our rest, and the best of us though
We'd be better off alone
There's no need to be so terrible
When you know I would do anything for you
This is so laughable, whatever happened to
Knowing that this was forever.
File off the sharpness of feelings so
I'll be protected from all of your evil
When you come round my love, I'll be gone, finally done
Never to come to your rescue.
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"i wait with a plate piled high with my love that you won't eat from"
"love you think you can contain me, but the future is already known"
"we give up our rest and the best of us though we'd be better off alone"
"this is so laughable, whatever happened to knowing that this was forever"
"file off the sharpness of feelings so i'll be protected from all of your evil"
"i'll be gone, finally done, never to come to your rescue"
god... i miss him so fucking much.
I can't believe no one has commented on this yet. One of my favourites off of her new album...
I think this song is about unrequited love; the singer loves this person but the person isn't interested (and I wait with the plate, piled high with my love / that you won't eat from).
However, the singer isn't going to wait forever (love, you think you can contain me) even if it means being alone. The singer either isn't appreciated or has been harshly rejected by the person they love; they no longer see the point in waiting even though they love the person very much (there's no need to be so terrible/when you know I would do anything for you).
The line "this is so laughable whatever happened to / knowing that this was forever" implies that maybe they had had a relationship prior and it's being broken off, and that it wasn't a very clean breakup. (File off the sharpness of feelings so / I'll be protected from all of your evil).
Despite the pain that the singer is going through, he or she still loves this person. However, they know that love =/= slavery and abuse. They refuse to wait around for this person to "come round". They're leaving, and for good.
Such a loaded song...I find comfort in it though.
I just read about this in an online article...this is supposed to be about Kaki King from the perspective of her ex-girlfriend. the artist was staying up late every night and sleeping until the afternoon, when she would get horrible stomachaches and be unable to eat the food her girlfriend made her. The song is a way of acknowledging the mistakes made in a relationship that ended.
great tunee. haha
it a very intersting song because it is about persective...seeing from anothers eyes.
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Fantastic just Great!