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.
You can put a stick in my spokes
I can be the butt of your jokes
I can be the laughing stock, I can be your hoax
But I ain't gonna lose you
They can come and tear my house down
They can run me out of town
They can tie me up, call me a clown
But I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand
The thought of another man
They can make me turn my back on my friends
Send me away to up in San Quentin
Put me in the hole, a thousand times again
But I ain't gonna lose you
Throw me in a hurricane
Tell the whole world I've gone insane
Run an electric shock to my brain
But I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand
The thought of another man
I'll sing it from my roof top
I'll sing it from the bus stop
I'll sing it on the street drunk to a cop
But I ain't gonna lose you
I can be the butt of your jokes
I can be the laughing stock, I can be your hoax
But I ain't gonna lose you
They can come and tear my house down
They can run me out of town
They can tie me up, call me a clown
But I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand
The thought of another man
They can make me turn my back on my friends
Send me away to up in San Quentin
Put me in the hole, a thousand times again
But I ain't gonna lose you
Throw me in a hurricane
Tell the whole world I've gone insane
Run an electric shock to my brain
But I ain't gonna lose you
I can't stand
The thought of another man
I'll sing it from my roof top
I'll sing it from the bus stop
I'll sing it on the street drunk to a cop
But I ain't gonna lose you
Lyrics submitted by happy_day08
Ain't Gonna Lose You Lyrics as written by Brett Dennen
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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I love this song. I heard it on... Grey's Anatomy I think... so hopefully Brett Dennen will get some more fans, he deserves it. I've just been waiting for him to make it big. as for the meaning... pretty clear, i think.
Powerful song. It sounds so vulnerable, somehow. It's about giving up everything for one person. No matter what the cost is.
I love Brett Dennen. But i hate the meaning of this song. to think this song is about a girl is just sad. Is there any other possible meaning? When i first heard it, i thought he was talking about not losing himself to the world. but.. i dunno.
i think its a love song saying that they have been through a lot. maybe a highschool relationship when no approves and you feel like the only person thats there for you is the other person on the other side of the relationship and he's saying that he really does love her and he isnt gunna loose her no matter what happens no matter what life or people through at them! but thats just me
ya know kinda like sticks and stones may break my bones but word will never hurt me or us in this case. it kinda sounds like hes telling her that his friends or her friends inculding herself are making fun of him for either being with her or her telling her friends things about him for liking her soo much i think its along those lines.
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To that as older guy I was with lost everything he used to listen to this song. I was not even have to think he was playing it about me but now in hindsight, it’s actually about the wife and family that he’s so stupidly left behind because he likes to play around and he just doesn’t know how to grow up. Glad I moved on from him but my heart breaks for his family. ????????
Correction from the post above sorry about the spelling errors . reminds me of this older guy I was with who lost everything . he used to listen to this song and of course I used to think he was playing it about me but now in hindsight, it’s actually about the wife and family that he’s so stupidly left behind because he likes to play around and he just doesn’t know how to grow up. Glad I moved on from him but my heart breaks for his family. ????????