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.
Bright eyes reflect the morning sun, she wakes so lost for love
So scared she'll never find someone, so scared she'll never be enough
One piece of paper, fifteen words she writes in perfect hand
""You give until you've given up and you are sure to find a perfect man.""
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah dah
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah
A smile, sketched and painted over hers, so worn and faded
Searched for love, she sat and waited, tried her hardest to forsake it
Is she an angel or a fly far too close to a flame
Either way her wings will burn unless she learns to turn and fly away
Oh no, we're here again
Oh no, we're here again
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah dah
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah
One piece of paper can be heavier than any weight
With words that hold her heavy heart, a map that seems to keeps her in one place
That's how she walks the world and how the world walks over her
She gives until she's given up, she gives up all the love that she deserves
Oh oh no, we're here again
So close, so near the end
We joke and we pretend
But we know
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
So scared she'll never find someone, so scared she'll never be enough
One piece of paper, fifteen words she writes in perfect hand
""You give until you've given up and you are sure to find a perfect man.""
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah dah
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah
A smile, sketched and painted over hers, so worn and faded
Searched for love, she sat and waited, tried her hardest to forsake it
Is she an angel or a fly far too close to a flame
Either way her wings will burn unless she learns to turn and fly away
Oh no, we're here again
Oh no, we're here again
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah dah
Bah dah dah dah bah dah dah dah
One piece of paper can be heavier than any weight
With words that hold her heavy heart, a map that seems to keeps her in one place
That's how she walks the world and how the world walks over her
She gives until she's given up, she gives up all the love that she deserves
Oh oh no, we're here again
So close, so near the end
We joke and we pretend
But we know
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Lyrics submitted by BlueSkiesAtMidnight, edited by Sketched
Fifteen Words Lyrics as written by David Beckingham Ashleigh Ball
Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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no comments? well i'm not sure the whole meaning but it seems to be about a girl who is searching for love and keeps getting rejected... the middle verse starting with "her smile sketched and painted..." i dont think was written write, because i took the last two lines as "either way her wings will burn, unless she learns to turn and fly away" and i thought that was an allusion to the story of Icarus... the boy who flew too high and his wings melted so those lines would mean that this girl needs to come back to reality and stop looking for love at such high standards
also the last verse is very touching, "how she walks the world and how the world walks over her" he's not just warning about setting standards too high, but how her high hopes make her vulnerable
I'm pretty sure the second verse is
Is she an angel or a fly far too close to a flame Either way her wings are burnt, unless she learns to turn and fly away.
A sad song. I agree with summerpenguin I think it's about a girl who is searching for love but just can't seem to find it find it.
However, I feel like the piece of paper their refering too is her suicide note, which is why the fifteen words are so significant. And the end it appears as though shes commited suicide. "So close, so near the end/We don't and we pretend/But we know"
She gave until she gave up. And now she's with the perfect man.
I was thinking the fifteen words were "You give until you've given up, and you are sure to find a perfect man." They also seem to be in a perfect spot in the phrase for them to be so.
I agree that it's about a love bound girl, probably from the perspective of the boyfriend she has just left.