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.
Products of lust through incidental reproduction
A group of kids stuffed, primed and fated for self-destruction
Four or five years will get the job done
Sometimes advancement comes with two or even none
But let me tell you
With buzzcuts looking horrible and Tom needing de-lousing
With the finest olive snowsuits on
And goggles for reflected sun
We sing old-fashioned songs
And trudge through low-income housing
We press on, we press on
I'm guessing that we're close
I see some Eskimos
Lost 6 or 7 toes
And I can finally say that we'll never make it home
It's all we know
And snowshoeing is fucking tough within
This arctic circle pit, but I've danced worse than this
The northern lights try to reflect the path
At 30 centigrade below the zero mark
The top of the world is calling
With censors reading low on oxygen
We ask ourselves some simple questions
If not us, who? If not now, when?
A group of kids stuffed, primed and fated for self-destruction
Four or five years will get the job done
Sometimes advancement comes with two or even none
But let me tell you
With buzzcuts looking horrible and Tom needing de-lousing
With the finest olive snowsuits on
And goggles for reflected sun
We sing old-fashioned songs
And trudge through low-income housing
We press on, we press on
I'm guessing that we're close
I see some Eskimos
Lost 6 or 7 toes
And I can finally say that we'll never make it home
It's all we know
And snowshoeing is fucking tough within
This arctic circle pit, but I've danced worse than this
The northern lights try to reflect the path
At 30 centigrade below the zero mark
The top of the world is calling
With censors reading low on oxygen
We ask ourselves some simple questions
If not us, who? If not now, when?
Lyrics submitted by azthet1k
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