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.
My love is always just as she seems
A force of nature on her own to be reckoned with
Whatever is wrong with me, a kiss redeems
And it's all there in my dreams, in my dreams
My love is soaring, she glides through the sky
Hardly a warning, she takes my hand
Says open your eyes
We looked down on the earth and all its schemes
We laugh and it's all there in my dreams, in my dreams
We swoop down below the clouds, destination unknown
And then she says let's go home
My love is resting under a tree
She whispers softly in my ear as she lay next to me
That was the funnest day, her sad eyes beam
And it's all there in my dreams, in my dreams
A force of nature on her own to be reckoned with
Whatever is wrong with me, a kiss redeems
And it's all there in my dreams, in my dreams
My love is soaring, she glides through the sky
Hardly a warning, she takes my hand
Says open your eyes
We looked down on the earth and all its schemes
We laugh and it's all there in my dreams, in my dreams
We swoop down below the clouds, destination unknown
And then she says let's go home
My love is resting under a tree
She whispers softly in my ear as she lay next to me
That was the funnest day, her sad eyes beam
And it's all there in my dreams, in my dreams
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I believe the lyric is "her kiss redeems" as opposed to "I kissed routines."
"We look down on the earth and all its schemes...."
Schemes as in elaborate (and maybe sinister) plans of action?
Or as in... color schemes? Hues? Rainbows?
It's so weird how the english language allows for such disparities of meaning for a single word. But sometimes the fun's in the falling down through the cracks, I guess. Open to all interpretations.
Another definition of scheme, that doesn't have much to do with the others, I think:
:)
So good..
We swoop down the lowly clouds Destination unknown And then she says, lets go home
perfect metaphor for when you think you're getting somewhere with a girl, and then she suddenly ejects.
This entire album is themed around the absence of a relationship, the beginning of a new one, longing and jealousy.
To me this song is about dreaming of the intimacy that comes from true companionship, hence the imagery of the two of them soaring above the clouds and looking at the world together from a perspective no one else shares.
The protagonist doesn't have it, but it's 'all there' 'in his dreams'.