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.
Winter was an island, child
Some of the friends
You had been gone a while
It's a dark twisted line across
You sear into the wild
People are looking down you say
You can feel the beat of yesterday
On the street there was a big parade
And a family of four
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They will haunt you for a while
From the stars and from the sheets and ground
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ound
From the ground
You drank the days away you say
Today is the same as any other day
On the street there was a big parade
And a family of four
Victorian gentlemen
They rap on the walls
When you're trying to sleep
And there's nothing you can say
To make them go away
To make them go away
To make them go
Oh-oh-oh-oh away
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They will haunt you for a while
From the stars and from the sheets and ground
From the ground
From the ground
From the ground
From the ground
Some of the friends
You had been gone a while
It's a dark twisted line across
You sear into the wild
People are looking down you say
You can feel the beat of yesterday
On the street there was a big parade
And a family of four
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They will haunt you for a while
From the stars and from the sheets and ground
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ound
From the ground
You drank the days away you say
Today is the same as any other day
On the street there was a big parade
And a family of four
Victorian gentlemen
They rap on the walls
When you're trying to sleep
And there's nothing you can say
To make them go away
To make them go away
To make them go
Oh-oh-oh-oh away
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They will haunt you for a while
From the stars and from the sheets and ground
From the ground
From the ground
From the ground
From the ground
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I'm sure the first verse is way off, corrections are appreciated. I got most of it, though! ;-)