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.
"A man's attitude it goes some way
To determine how his life will be"
Hairless brows give way to pools of darkness
"Is that something with which you'd agree?"
With the lights on
The stage falls out of my control
Foregone
Appeasing those who do not
Know me
Dismiss ideals as dreams
Is he angry? Is he patient and jaded?
Is there sadness in that vacant stare?
Just a remnant of a youthful ambition?
Was he also one who did not care
For the good life
Is this all that I have to look forward to?
The only path to take
Proclaimed in neon lights
Above me
Single file, we march, free.
There is sometimes a buggy
And we always ride
A quiet, peaceful life
But then who drives?
When I come across Camilla
From the photograph that they made sure I'd see
Will I lean to the producers
And surrender what's left of my dignity?
I can't stare into his eyes
Expressionless face
I'll take what's mine
A photocopied fate
Yet every night I see my Eve
My serpent's fruit, my favorite dream
She takes me away from everything
No choice to make, I am redeemed
If I
I come across the Cowboy
Two times
Then let the world remember
Only
I was right to act wrongly
And while he walks away
Lights flickering, then gone
I'm left out on the stage
So I stare towards the sun
My audience of one.
To determine how his life will be"
Hairless brows give way to pools of darkness
"Is that something with which you'd agree?"
With the lights on
The stage falls out of my control
Foregone
Appeasing those who do not
Know me
Dismiss ideals as dreams
Is he angry? Is he patient and jaded?
Is there sadness in that vacant stare?
Just a remnant of a youthful ambition?
Was he also one who did not care
For the good life
Is this all that I have to look forward to?
The only path to take
Proclaimed in neon lights
Above me
Single file, we march, free.
There is sometimes a buggy
And we always ride
A quiet, peaceful life
But then who drives?
When I come across Camilla
From the photograph that they made sure I'd see
Will I lean to the producers
And surrender what's left of my dignity?
I can't stare into his eyes
Expressionless face
I'll take what's mine
A photocopied fate
Yet every night I see my Eve
My serpent's fruit, my favorite dream
She takes me away from everything
No choice to make, I am redeemed
If I
I come across the Cowboy
Two times
Then let the world remember
Only
I was right to act wrongly
And while he walks away
Lights flickering, then gone
I'm left out on the stage
So I stare towards the sun
My audience of one.
Lyrics submitted by apaulo1991
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