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.
Just another voice in the wilderness
Just another cry for peace
Just another voice full of loneliness
Just another prayer for release
Look up! Look out! Look in! Look all about
Look everywhere but look at yourself
Hold on! Hold up! Hold out! Hang in
Please everyone, but please yourself
And try to make the world a better loving
Living peaceful place
There's too many fat, there's too many thin
There's too many outside trying to get in
There's too many trapped
There's too many pinned
There's too many winters that
Should have been springs, now
Get in! Get up! Get it out! Get it on
Get everything you can for free
Look in! Look up! Look out! Look back
Look everywhere, but don't look for me
And try to make the world a better loving
Living peaceful place please!
It's nothing but a look in a two-way mirror
It's just another cow in the corn
It's just another gift for the Indian giver
It's just another blow on the horn
Look in! Look out! Look up! Look down
Look everywhere, but don't look for me
Get it in! Get it up! Get it out! Get it on
Get everything you can for free
And make the world a better loving, living
Giving peaceful place
Just another cry for peace
Just another voice full of loneliness
Just another prayer for release
Look up! Look out! Look in! Look all about
Look everywhere but look at yourself
Hold on! Hold up! Hold out! Hang in
Please everyone, but please yourself
And try to make the world a better loving
Living peaceful place
There's too many fat, there's too many thin
There's too many outside trying to get in
There's too many trapped
There's too many pinned
There's too many winters that
Should have been springs, now
Get in! Get up! Get it out! Get it on
Get everything you can for free
Look in! Look up! Look out! Look back
Look everywhere, but don't look for me
And try to make the world a better loving
Living peaceful place please!
It's nothing but a look in a two-way mirror
It's just another cow in the corn
It's just another gift for the Indian giver
It's just another blow on the horn
Look in! Look out! Look up! Look down
Look everywhere, but don't look for me
Get it in! Get it up! Get it out! Get it on
Get everything you can for free
And make the world a better loving, living
Giving peaceful place
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