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 The Sun
We all ate it up while playing songs to deceive
and my love where did I go wrong the sight of me soiled
Your eyes look back and reflect only fire
I try to wash it away but now it burns on it's own
And I know our lives could change for the better
If the cut could just heal, we could learn how to feel
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
We all ate it up while playing songs to deceive
and my love where did I go wrong the sight of me soiled
Look back when eyes filled up with desire
The heart waiting to bleed, stitched up by it's dreams
And time sits so still it never stops moving
Giving us all we have, without giving at all
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
All this it was life in disguise painting pictures of all we know,
all though I've seen it a thousand times before
We all ate it up while playing songs to deceive
and my love where did I go wrong the sight of me soiled
*I know you had to go
*We set our, We set our
We set our, We set our hearts to the razor
We all ate it up while playing songs to deceive
and my love where did I go wrong the sight of me soiled
Your eyes look back and reflect only fire
I try to wash it away but now it burns on it's own
And I know our lives could change for the better
If the cut could just heal, we could learn how to feel
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
We all ate it up while playing songs to deceive
and my love where did I go wrong the sight of me soiled
Look back when eyes filled up with desire
The heart waiting to bleed, stitched up by it's dreams
And time sits so still it never stops moving
Giving us all we have, without giving at all
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
Everything all around, coming up from the ground
It stands up so much taller now
So you want me to stay and then you want me to go
I know your heart is not ready for
All this it was life in disguise painting pictures of all we know,
all though I've seen it a thousand times before
We all ate it up while playing songs to deceive
and my love where did I go wrong the sight of me soiled
*I know you had to go
*We set our, We set our
We set our, We set our hearts to the razor
Lyrics submitted by indfrk
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