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.
I used to think it was all about me
I was victimized by everything
I used to lose and I lose again
Now I'm living like a cigarette in an ashtray
I used to think it was all about me
I used to suffer through everything
I used to lose and I lose again
Now I'm dying like a cigarette in an ashtray
Remembering
Where you came from
Surrendering
When you're ending
Reprocessing
Remembering where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can win
Remembering where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can't win
Acknowledging where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can win
Acknowledging where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can't win
Surrendering what you're made of
What you're made from
What you have done
When the end comes
Reprocessing where you came from when your ending
What you have lost what you can't win
Reprocessing what you're made of
What you've become, all you have learned, what you have done
Reprocessing, what you're made of
What you have done, when you're bleeding
Remembering
Remembering
Reprocessing
You like to think it's all about you
You are victimized by everything
You do the same things over and over again
Soon you'll be lost like a cigarette in an ashtray
He used to think it was all about him
He was victimized by everything
He did the same things over and over again
I lost him like a cigarette in an ashtray
I was victimized by everything
I used to lose and I lose again
Now I'm living like a cigarette in an ashtray
I used to think it was all about me
I used to suffer through everything
I used to lose and I lose again
Now I'm dying like a cigarette in an ashtray
Remembering
Where you came from
Surrendering
When you're ending
Reprocessing
Remembering where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can win
Remembering where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can't win
Acknowledging where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can win
Acknowledging where you come from when you're ending
What you have lost what you can't win
Surrendering what you're made of
What you're made from
What you have done
When the end comes
Reprocessing where you came from when your ending
What you have lost what you can't win
Reprocessing what you're made of
What you've become, all you have learned, what you have done
Reprocessing, what you're made of
What you have done, when you're bleeding
Remembering
Remembering
Reprocessing
You like to think it's all about you
You are victimized by everything
You do the same things over and over again
Soon you'll be lost like a cigarette in an ashtray
He used to think it was all about him
He was victimized by everything
He did the same things over and over again
I lost him like a cigarette in an ashtray
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