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.
The last one to leave the first one to jump on it
The description of the life of a workaholick
That's why I only show respect to those certain artists
Avoid the fake like OZ cause they empty hearted
I'm up at it like a spazmatic with flashbacks
In the back of my mind like acid trips
Weaving through traffic with the grip on the manual shift
With the top back savage this feeling is fantastic yeah
You might walk a mile in my shoes
Bet you won't last a whole mile in my shoes
Watching the moon shine it's part of my mortal design
My lifeline if you don't know the time then
Peep the clock hit a scotch butter lick a shot
Serve crops, crooked cops every corner stop
Roam the blocks lookin for photos opps
Keep a close watch for road blocks
Buffalo solider butterfly ox
Snakes in the grass in the midts of this angel eyes
Grab em by the throat
Rope em and I hang em high
I'm the good, the bad, plus the ugly
All 3 workin together to get money
I'm just glad that I made it past 25
A gang of my dogs died
The pain I'm feelin inside got me acting colder than Ice
Roll solo at night its clockwork
Cops killin peace tryna stop work
City to city where the citizens beef
It's not uncommon to stress but sin is to sleep
Don't let it manifest to future regrets stuck on repeat
Runnin circles in the system till your six feet
Watch for the danger and chaos while they still formless
Prevent them before they happen, that be your best focus
How else you gonna handle you things
It's a day in day out plan, try and capture them dreams
The description of the life of a workaholick
That's why I only show respect to those certain artists
Avoid the fake like OZ cause they empty hearted
I'm up at it like a spazmatic with flashbacks
In the back of my mind like acid trips
Weaving through traffic with the grip on the manual shift
With the top back savage this feeling is fantastic yeah
You might walk a mile in my shoes
Bet you won't last a whole mile in my shoes
Watching the moon shine it's part of my mortal design
My lifeline if you don't know the time then
Peep the clock hit a scotch butter lick a shot
Serve crops, crooked cops every corner stop
Roam the blocks lookin for photos opps
Keep a close watch for road blocks
Buffalo solider butterfly ox
Snakes in the grass in the midts of this angel eyes
Grab em by the throat
Rope em and I hang em high
I'm the good, the bad, plus the ugly
All 3 workin together to get money
I'm just glad that I made it past 25
A gang of my dogs died
The pain I'm feelin inside got me acting colder than Ice
Roll solo at night its clockwork
Cops killin peace tryna stop work
City to city where the citizens beef
It's not uncommon to stress but sin is to sleep
Don't let it manifest to future regrets stuck on repeat
Runnin circles in the system till your six feet
Watch for the danger and chaos while they still formless
Prevent them before they happen, that be your best focus
How else you gonna handle you things
It's a day in day out plan, try and capture them dreams
Lyrics submitted by zoe.TRAGIC!
3rd Times a Charm (feat. Dj Merk 1200) Lyrics as written by Patrick Antonian
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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