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 wonder what you'll take from me today
Sanity or just my breath away
It's hard to say
Impossible for me to tell
While always walking on egg shells
Who you're going to be from day to day, to day
I wish that we would go back
To what we were before
But I don't think that I love you anymore, anymore
Wonder why it is that you don't see
What you've changed since we first met
And how much that its' killing me
Know that I will always miss
The butterflies of our first kiss
And how you use to smile so easily
I wish that we would go back
To what we were before
But I don't think that I love you anymore, anymore
It's too hard to keep pretending
It's too hard to ignore
I don't think that I love you anymore, anymore
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I never thought that it would come to this
I know we'll never get back
To how we were before
'Cause I know that I don't love you anymore
It's too hard to keep pretending
It's too hard to ignore
I know that I don't love you anymore, anymore
I'm sorry.
Sanity or just my breath away
It's hard to say
Impossible for me to tell
While always walking on egg shells
Who you're going to be from day to day, to day
I wish that we would go back
To what we were before
But I don't think that I love you anymore, anymore
Wonder why it is that you don't see
What you've changed since we first met
And how much that its' killing me
Know that I will always miss
The butterflies of our first kiss
And how you use to smile so easily
I wish that we would go back
To what we were before
But I don't think that I love you anymore, anymore
It's too hard to keep pretending
It's too hard to ignore
I don't think that I love you anymore, anymore
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I never thought that it would come to this
I know we'll never get back
To how we were before
'Cause I know that I don't love you anymore
It's too hard to keep pretending
It's too hard to ignore
I know that I don't love you anymore, anymore
I'm sorry.
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