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.
Wake up, I wipe the sleepers from my eye
Looked up / I see / it's two thirty-five
Get up, I thought I'd sleep from ten 'till two
Out in the cold, I start my day with you
They call themselves the purple kool-aid cult
They lost their head, and claim it's all my fault
I'm fed for kool-aid intravenously
I must regain my own autonomy
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
Sorry friend there's no way I could stay
Wish I could explain the reason why
I'm being chased so please pardon my haste
Please appease the stress of my brown head
They turned their backs and I began to run
Looked back a flash and I began to shout
I've got to find a passage out of here
I'm not too certain that the futures clear
And now I'm alone too / but I'm aware
?????? and sits upon a skinny chair
They're gathering now around a sugar throne
It's red and round and speaks of miracles
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
He said he's going to be up in your mouth
Weird ritual for you and I to mate
I see a glow but I now see astray
I pick up a furious pace so I can get away
Big ol' smile, a purple pleasure hangs the cape
Oh me, oh my it was the great escape
The situation is still to me a bit of a scandal
Everytime I see a purple smile within my underwear
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
Sorry friend there's no way I could stay
Wish I could explain the reason why
I'm being chased so please pardon my haste
Please appease the stress of my brown head
Four years and twenty days float on by
Carried out that silicone and taste is left behind
I'm going next door to celebrate I say
And I think that this kool aid
Is the punch that got me drunk today
Next thing I know I'm standing on a chair
Whipping my arms around the friendly air
I preached the words a thousand years ago
I now surrender to the certain glow
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
Sorry friend there's no way I could stay
Wish I could explain the reason why
I'm being chased so please pardon my haste
Please appease the stress of my brown head
I'm being chased by seven kids high on Kool-Aid
But then they're not crazy cause they're high on Kool-Aid
But then they're not crazy they're still high on Kool-Aid
Looked up / I see / it's two thirty-five
Get up, I thought I'd sleep from ten 'till two
Out in the cold, I start my day with you
They call themselves the purple kool-aid cult
They lost their head, and claim it's all my fault
I'm fed for kool-aid intravenously
I must regain my own autonomy
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
Sorry friend there's no way I could stay
Wish I could explain the reason why
I'm being chased so please pardon my haste
Please appease the stress of my brown head
They turned their backs and I began to run
Looked back a flash and I began to shout
I've got to find a passage out of here
I'm not too certain that the futures clear
And now I'm alone too / but I'm aware
?????? and sits upon a skinny chair
They're gathering now around a sugar throne
It's red and round and speaks of miracles
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
He said he's going to be up in your mouth
Weird ritual for you and I to mate
I see a glow but I now see astray
I pick up a furious pace so I can get away
Big ol' smile, a purple pleasure hangs the cape
Oh me, oh my it was the great escape
The situation is still to me a bit of a scandal
Everytime I see a purple smile within my underwear
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
Sorry friend there's no way I could stay
Wish I could explain the reason why
I'm being chased so please pardon my haste
Please appease the stress of my brown head
Four years and twenty days float on by
Carried out that silicone and taste is left behind
I'm going next door to celebrate I say
And I think that this kool aid
Is the punch that got me drunk today
Next thing I know I'm standing on a chair
Whipping my arms around the friendly air
I preached the words a thousand years ago
I now surrender to the certain glow
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again
Would someone please appease all the stress of mind?
Sorry friend there's no way I could stay
Wish I could explain the reason why
I'm being chased so please pardon my haste
Please appease the stress of my brown head
I'm being chased by seven kids high on Kool-Aid
But then they're not crazy cause they're high on Kool-Aid
But then they're not crazy they're still high on Kool-Aid
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Wake up, I wipe the sleepers from my eye Looked up, I seen it's two thirty-five Get up, I thought I'd sleep until ten to Up in the cold, to start the day with you
They call themselfs the purple kool-aid cult They lost their head, I claim it's all my fault I'm fed for kool-aid intravenously I must regain my own autonomy
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again Would someone please appease all the stress of my Sorry friend there's no way I could stay Wish I could explain the reason why I'm being chased so please pardon my haste Please appease the stress of my brown head
They turned their backs and I began to run Looked back a flash and I began to shout I've got to find a passage outta here I'm not too certain that the futures clear
And now I'm a loner too, a type to ware (not sure on this) Don't know how just set upon their skinny chair They're gathering now around a sugar throne It's red and round and speaks of miracles
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again Would someone please appease all the stress of my
He said to stop no need to beat him up (or this) Weird ritual for you and I to mate I'll see a glow when I will see it straight I pick up a furious pace so I can get away
Don't smile, a purple pleasure hangs the cape Oh me, oh my it was the great escape The situation is still to me a bit of a scandal Everytime I see a purple smile within my underwear
The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again Would someone please appease all the stress of my Sorry friend there's no way I could stay Wish I could explain the reason why I'm being chased so please pardon my haste Please appease the stress of my brown head
Four years and too many days float on by Carried out that silicone and taste is left behind I'm going next door to celebrate I say What if I said kool-aid, is the punch that got me drunk today (or this)
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The purple kool-aid cult's back, I'm paranoid again Would someone please appease all the stress of my Sorry friend there's no way I could stay Wish I could explain the reason why I'm being chased so please pardon my haste Please appease the stress of my brown head
I'm being, I'm being chased by seven kids high on Kool-Aid But then they're not crazy cause they're high on Kool-Aid But then they're not crazy they're still high on Kool-Aid