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.
Dusting off the old life from my catholic knees
I scraped them up good
(Scraped them up good)
Scraped them up good
You doctored them clean
Oh yes, we are patient, patient
Salt-licked wounds merely bruised
(But none of that'll matter)
None of that'll matter soon
(?)educate, see how much you can take
None of that'll matter
None of that'll matter
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving so fast)
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving)
Before my hands had the chance to grow
All I was told
"Good enough's as good as it's gonna get"
Yeah "good enough's as good as you'll ever get"
Said I, I made a conscious decision
To shake the skin I was stuck in
It stretched my bones
Believe in nothing
I can't quite seem to catch my breath
(But I cannot forget)
That none of that'll matter soon
(None of that'll matter soon)
None of that'll matter soon
(None of that'll matter soon)
Lord, please keep my feet flat on the ground
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving so fast)
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving)
But that's where you came in
Yeah, here we are
Yeah, here I am
That's where you came in
Now, here we are
Lord, please keep my feet flat on the ground
Lord, keep my feet flat on the ground
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving so fast)
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving)
I scraped them up good
(Scraped them up good)
Scraped them up good
You doctored them clean
Oh yes, we are patient, patient
Salt-licked wounds merely bruised
(But none of that'll matter)
None of that'll matter soon
(?)educate, see how much you can take
None of that'll matter
None of that'll matter
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving so fast)
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving)
Before my hands had the chance to grow
All I was told
"Good enough's as good as it's gonna get"
Yeah "good enough's as good as you'll ever get"
Said I, I made a conscious decision
To shake the skin I was stuck in
It stretched my bones
Believe in nothing
I can't quite seem to catch my breath
(But I cannot forget)
That none of that'll matter soon
(None of that'll matter soon)
None of that'll matter soon
(None of that'll matter soon)
Lord, please keep my feet flat on the ground
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving so fast)
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving)
But that's where you came in
Yeah, here we are
Yeah, here I am
That's where you came in
Now, here we are
Lord, please keep my feet flat on the ground
Lord, keep my feet flat on the ground
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving so fast)
Everything was moving so fast
(Everything was moving)
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i see this as a song about getting sober. from the beginning to the end: he grew up with a catholic upbringing (morals, values, etc.) and then "scraped it up" (drug use, sex, etc.) then he kind of lost this upbringing "everything was moving so fast..."
AA/NA's whole thing is that you make a "conscious decision" to get clean. he uses the exact words conscious decision which you hear repeatedly in the program and then says "shake the skin i've been in" - from the drugs/alcohol... getting clean. when he says stretch my bones believe in nothing - i think this is a common thing. forgetting what you believe in or pushing it aside and now he's relizing that he does have faith in god or what not and now hes asking this 'higher power' to keep his feet on the ground.
and then there's the part where he says: but that's where you came in (right after everything was moving so fast) and i think that from this whole album it is made clear that a girl was playing heavily in his addiction. and now hes struggling with this decision "is it us? or is it me" and of course it has to be for you if you want to get sober. and he once again asked to be grounded. its like everythings spinning out of control and hes looking back to his catholic roots and praying to be taken away from the insanity of addiction.
just my views!!