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.
Follow me
Want to live in a fantasy
Quietly
Show you everything you'll ever need
I hope you'll take it
I know you're faking just a little bit
Come on and taste it
Just get excited 'cause you're giving in
Come and see
How the wind in your hair will feel differently
Catch and release
The lure above
Who
Here we are
In the bathwater hold afloat
Later on
Don't say I didn't tell you so
Maybe I didn't but you're taking it
Knew you were faking just a little bit
Now that you'll taste it
No need to fight it 'cause you're giving in
Follow me
Down the streams of sweat on your body
Can't believe
The lure was enough
Do you see?
How the wind in your hair now feels differently
Catch and release
The lure above
Who knows?
How this feeling grows?
Was it truly what
Truly worth the starting
Who knows?
Why the engine's blown
Was it truly what
Truly worth the parting
Follow me
Down the streams of sweat on your body
Can't believe
The lure was enough
Do you see?
How in the wind in your hair now feels differently
Catch and release the lure above
Guess the lure was enough [x3]
Want to live in a fantasy
Quietly
Show you everything you'll ever need
I hope you'll take it
I know you're faking just a little bit
Come on and taste it
Just get excited 'cause you're giving in
Come and see
How the wind in your hair will feel differently
Catch and release
The lure above
Who
Here we are
In the bathwater hold afloat
Later on
Don't say I didn't tell you so
Maybe I didn't but you're taking it
Knew you were faking just a little bit
Now that you'll taste it
No need to fight it 'cause you're giving in
Follow me
Down the streams of sweat on your body
Can't believe
The lure was enough
Do you see?
How the wind in your hair now feels differently
Catch and release
The lure above
Who knows?
How this feeling grows?
Was it truly what
Truly worth the starting
Who knows?
Why the engine's blown
Was it truly what
Truly worth the parting
Follow me
Down the streams of sweat on your body
Can't believe
The lure was enough
Do you see?
How in the wind in your hair now feels differently
Catch and release the lure above
Guess the lure was enough [x3]
Lyrics submitted by perpetual, edited by boomgorilla
Catch & Release Lyrics as written by Christopher Andrew Guanlao Brian Nolan Kalei Aubert
Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing
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This is the most seductive song I have ever heard in my life...pure poetry as opposed to what a rapper would bluntly verse in his lyrics.
Super sexy song. I originally thought that he was talking to a virgin, and it's about how things will change. (how the wind in your hair will feel differently). The line where he says "Knew you were faking just a little bit" has something to do with how life with out sex is unfulfilled and you go through life faking things until you have sex and once you do things become real. Things finally feel different, love feels different, being alive actually feels alive. I still think thats what the song is about, but I think it can be directed to more than just sex. I think it's about how doing anything for the first time changes things. The other "first time" in this song could be about is drugs, but I don't think it's solely about drugs. This song seems too sensual to be about something with out some sort of sexual meaning behind it.
pretty easy to pick up the meaning after a thorough read-through.. he's pretty much talking about someone he's hooking up with and the games that are played throughout.
i love the fishing references here to describe the game of sex, etc. "the lure was enough" - he put the right amount of himself out there for her to bite.
the title is of course basically the theme of the entire act- this is just a hookup, nothing serious. and based on the line "why the engine's blown," the sex at the beginning of the catch has ruined the future of the relationship
yeah, that seems like it, and it seems like hes reflecting on it and realizing that it wasnt a great idea, the "Was it truly worth, truly worth the starting" that sums it up, he started by having sex, and that ruined the relationship, and so was that start really worth it, to ruin a relationship that never had a fair chance.<br /> <br /> good song
can't believe no one's really commented on the most sexual line of the song in my opinion: "come on and taste it/just get excited cause you're giving it." it exudes sexual implications, specifically oral sex, but I guess it could also be referencing a drug as well. Either way, its an extremely sexy song.
I totally agree. I think this song is all about oral sex. And it is pretty sexy!
Agreed on the virgin part. The guy is surprised how easily she gave in. "Catch and release"... he goes through girls in a snap and moves on. I don't see much of a reference to drugs. "Just get excited 'cause you're giving it" might as well be the guy trying to get her to appreciate their love-making more. He's experienced, unlike her, and shows her that. He tells her that things will never be the same and how the "wind in the hair will feel differently". Mostly, he is just underlining how easy it was to lure her into the hookup. He might have been looking for a challenge... someone who wasn't so easy to catch.
I believe this song is about having sex with someone, and it being so good, they now see the world differently, the object of the narrator’s affection now perceives the world differently, as the wind blowing through their hair feels differently, in that it takes that person back to that moment of intimacy and pure bliss. The narrator is confident that once he gets the person he has set his eyes on, their world will never feel/look the same.
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I love this song. The chords are so catchy...
It's "bathwater overflow" and "Part of me"...not "backwater overflow" and "pardon me". Total trip through the mind of the writer.<br /> Please play it live, that's all I can ask!
also, it's "giving in", not giving it" in the 1st stanza...
aaahh a hookup. makes sense I suppose. Silversun's music is so beautiful sounding that I always assume there's some deep mind blowing meaning to their lyrics.. haha. but still, amazing song. LLLOOVE the guitar. these guys are awesome.
"Do you see how the wind in your hair now feels differently"
still slightly lost on this line. any help??
"Do you see hwo the wind in your hair now feels differently"<br /> <br /> This line is correlating with the theme of a brief hookup that doesn't work up ("backwater overflow, engine's blow") and the girl who hooked up with him just feels different after hooking up (too soon?).
I think it's more to do with the chase rather than the aftermath. When you're interested in someone and it is working out slowly everything starts feeling different. You start noticing little things that make you happy, like the feel of the wind or the smell of rain.
I was relating this line to satisfaction. <br /> <br /> Usually, "wind in your hair" is commonly referred to as a pleasurable and bliss experience.
It's the wanting to satisfy part. I translate this line into "Come get some strange" Also it could imply cheating. The 'differently' part being the exclusion (or from another song, execution) of their current partner. imo..
Before I looked up the lyrics I thought it said <br /> <br /> "Do you see how the wind in your hair now feels divinely"<br /> <br /> I don't even know if "divinely" can be pronounced like "div-en-lee" but it doesn't sound like "differently"'s what he's saying.
It's almost like a rhetorical question... this chick he's hooking up with is trying to fill a void, and he's got this sorta condescending or even slightly sinister tone in this part of the song (as well as the "can't believe the lure was enough"). Not that he's judging her, but he (maybe just in retrospect) sees the shortcomings of such a hookup, how it doesn't make anything better.<br /> <br /> So saying this he could have two meanings, either that no, it doesn't feel any differently... or he's kinda saying "now that it's over, do you see how dissapointing it is".<br /> <br /> Or maybe they just had amazing sex and they feel refreshed and he's remarking on how vibrant everything can feel when you walk outside to get some fresh air. Time for a cigarette.