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 wrote your name upon the back of my hands
Slept upon it and I woke up with it
Backwards on my face
Reading forwards to my mirror
To my heart
Twilight omens in my life
Then I hear your name
Hear the way you sing your name, baby
Should I give you a call
And I say,
Baby, you still feel the same
I typed your number into my calculator
Where it's spelled as your word
When you turn it upside down
You can turn my dirty world
The bright way round
Twilight omens in my life
Then I hear your name
Hear the way you sing your name
Should give you a call
And I say,
Oh, maybe I still feel the same
Twilight omens in my life
Keep hearing your name
Keep hearing your name
Keep hearing your name
Keep hearing you sing your name
Slept upon it and I woke up with it
Backwards on my face
Reading forwards to my mirror
To my heart
Twilight omens in my life
Then I hear your name
Hear the way you sing your name, baby
Should I give you a call
And I say,
Baby, you still feel the same
I typed your number into my calculator
Where it's spelled as your word
When you turn it upside down
You can turn my dirty world
The bright way round
Twilight omens in my life
Then I hear your name
Hear the way you sing your name
Should give you a call
And I say,
Oh, maybe I still feel the same
Twilight omens in my life
Keep hearing your name
Keep hearing your name
Keep hearing your name
Keep hearing you sing your name
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
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
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.
It sounds like he's waking up in the early morning (twilight) and remembers he got a girl's number the night before, but keeps seeing signs as to why he should or shouldn't give her a call. The number rubbing off on his face and being backward but looking normal through a mirror could mean that's she's deceptive. But then he hears her name on the radio (what he sees as a good omen) and contemplates giving her a call. Later with her number on a calculator (58008 is the only thing I can think of that would make sense when flipped upside down on a calculator), which I'm guessing he also sees as a good omen.
5318008 is a seven digit number :P
I got a detention for that once becasue a girl who sat at my table felt "offended"...... ooo middle school
I don't know if he met her once.. for the rest I agree with webmasterdee
but these lyrics are awesome! love the song! :)
I wrote your name upon the back of my hand Slept upon it, then I woke up with it backwards on my face Reading forwards from my mirror to my heart
I just love those lines. They're so clever. And the calculator part. I remember how people used to make '1134' spell out hello or hell when i was in elementary school... Heh.
btw this line: "Then I say "Maybe I still feel the same" sounds to me like "What can I say Maybe you still feel the same"
thx amusicalment the calculator thing makes a little bit more sense to me now could be anything else like that tho I am gonna think up a few others :)
The Lyrics are out of place. They should go like this.<br /> <br /> I wrote your name upon the back of my hand<br /> Slept upon it, then I woke up with it backwards on my face<br /> Reading forwards from my mirror to my heart<br /> <br /> Twilight omens in my life<br /> <br /> Then I hear your name<br /> Hear the way you sing your name<br /> Should have given you a call<br /> What should I say?<br /> Maybe you still feel the same...<br /> <br /> I typed your number into my calculator<br /> Where it spelled a dirty word when I turned it upside down<br /> You can turn my dirty world the bright way around<br /> <br /> Twilight omens in my life<br /> <br /> Then I hear your name<br /> Hear the way you sing your name<br /> Should have given you a call<br /> What should I say?<br /> Maybe you still feel the same...<br /> <br /> Twilight omens in my life<br /> <br /> I keep hearing your name<br /> I hear the radio sing your name<br /> <br />
wow, loveee this
** 11340 for hello, if that wasn't obvious.
Loved that calculator lyric especially. Bit of an old joke from school really, but type 5318008 into your caculator 'n turn it upside down... 'nuff said.
Made me smile anyway...
I saw it as him being obsessed with this girl, and thinking he's seeing omens which mean they're meant to be together.