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.
thought you were the sweetest kid
did you even know?
and all the time you thought you did
was it just the girl (?)
we could try to wear you out
did you even show?
thought you were the sweetest kid
could i even know?
i held your hand into the light(?)
the scars were on the back
and all the time we were the right(?)
they try to make retract
and they can try to wear you out
put you down
leave you through the ideas of the lie
i thought you were the sweetest kid
could you even know?
all the time we get by
trying to figure out our lives
like a fade out
when you took the land-o-town (??)
were you just a twelve?
and all the time you built the lips
was it just for show?
and they can try to put you down
wear you out
get you through the pills that won't work
i thought you were the sweetest kid
did i even know?
all the time we get by
try to figure out our lives
like a fade out
did you even know?
and all the time you thought you did
was it just the girl (?)
we could try to wear you out
did you even show?
thought you were the sweetest kid
could i even know?
i held your hand into the light(?)
the scars were on the back
and all the time we were the right(?)
they try to make retract
and they can try to wear you out
put you down
leave you through the ideas of the lie
i thought you were the sweetest kid
could you even know?
all the time we get by
trying to figure out our lives
like a fade out
when you took the land-o-town (??)
were you just a twelve?
and all the time you built the lips
was it just for show?
and they can try to put you down
wear you out
get you through the pills that won't work
i thought you were the sweetest kid
did i even know?
all the time we get by
try to figure out our lives
like a fade out
Lyrics submitted by trypticsoyagar
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I feel like it's to a kid that they possibly made fun of back in the day, but in reality they thought he was "the sweetest kid". The kid never showed how much it affected him, and eventually he landed in a mental hospital where he was put on the "pills that won't work". He feels bad about treating the kid this way, and this is sort of his apology.
All the time we get by trying to figure out or lives like a fade out...........
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