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.
Don't stand a chance
Without romance
Keep the graveside warm for me
Ever since you shot through
I've crooned for you
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman that you need, need to hold
But the woman who loved me
She's dead!
Without her charm
Arm in arm, lover's lane would be
Just a memory
Because the woman who loved you
She's dead
I wanted to buy her a diamond ring
And I wanted to buy her the kitchen sink
You know I wanted to buy her everything
See how she wobbles from side to side
See how she wobbles my lovely bride
Meet me wife, she's true to life, I love her
Yes I do, pushing daisies six feet down beneath her
Now my hair is falling out
And there's not much room to doubt
Life has left me cold
Ninety five and getting old
That's half the story told
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman, woman you need, need to hold
But the woman, woman who loves me
Well she's dead, dead, yeah yeah
-spoon solo-
Oh how we danced, and when she glanced
Then I, I knew she cared for me
Ever since you've been gone, it's been so very long
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman you need, need to hold
But the woman, woman who loved me
She's dead, dead to the world
She's dead to the world, yeah!
Without romance
Keep the graveside warm for me
Ever since you shot through
I've crooned for you
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman that you need, need to hold
But the woman who loved me
She's dead!
Without her charm
Arm in arm, lover's lane would be
Just a memory
Because the woman who loved you
She's dead
I wanted to buy her a diamond ring
And I wanted to buy her the kitchen sink
You know I wanted to buy her everything
See how she wobbles from side to side
See how she wobbles my lovely bride
Meet me wife, she's true to life, I love her
Yes I do, pushing daisies six feet down beneath her
Now my hair is falling out
And there's not much room to doubt
Life has left me cold
Ninety five and getting old
That's half the story told
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman, woman you need, need to hold
But the woman, woman who loves me
Well she's dead, dead, yeah yeah
-spoon solo-
Oh how we danced, and when she glanced
Then I, I knew she cared for me
Ever since you've been gone, it's been so very long
Because the woman who loves you
Is the woman you need, need to hold
But the woman, woman who loved me
She's dead, dead to the world
She's dead to the world, yeah!
Lyrics submitted by rabidoveryou
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Punchline
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
It's a song about an old man reflecting on his wife's grave, and missing her dearly. He remembers dancing with her (hence the spoon solo/ragtime-ish piano solo, but that's all he has left. Very powerful lyrically, and rather an odd topic for a group of young men to be singing about. Oh, and Noel Crobie is a boss on the spoons.