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.
Woke up in a big white bed
In the sun
In the sun
Looking down on Jesus
Posing with a friend or anyone
So we went for some breakfast
Coffee and Tea
Thats when I realied your sugar I need
Now now, not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow
Ill be leaving
Not now you cant save it
Let today be coz if we come back
It's gonna be gone
Ooh
Took a drive headed for the sea
In the middle January we
Talked about the future
And ate ice cream
Just happy to be
And how I laughed when some old man
Said that you looked like Duran Duran
Not now, not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow Ill be leaving
Not now, not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow ill be leaving
Not now
You know that You cant save it now
This time tomorrow ill be gone
Not not, not now Baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now not now baby
Wait till tomorrow Ill be leaving
Now now you cant save it
Let today be
Now now not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow ill be leaving
Now not you cant save it
Let today be coz if we come back
its gonna be gone
You know that you cant savie it now
This time tomorrow ill be gone
In the sun
In the sun
Looking down on Jesus
Posing with a friend or anyone
So we went for some breakfast
Coffee and Tea
Thats when I realied your sugar I need
Now now, not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow
Ill be leaving
Not now you cant save it
Let today be coz if we come back
It's gonna be gone
Ooh
Took a drive headed for the sea
In the middle January we
Talked about the future
And ate ice cream
Just happy to be
And how I laughed when some old man
Said that you looked like Duran Duran
Not now, not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow Ill be leaving
Not now, not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow ill be leaving
Not now
You know that You cant save it now
This time tomorrow ill be gone
Not not, not now Baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now not now baby
Wait till tomorrow Ill be leaving
Now now you cant save it
Let today be
Now now not now baby
Dont take this moment from me
Not now, not now baby
Wait till tomorrow ill be leaving
Now not you cant save it
Let today be coz if we come back
its gonna be gone
You know that you cant savie it now
This time tomorrow ill be gone
Lyrics submitted by Technophobia
Not Now Lyrics as written by Victoria Hesketh Francis Eg White
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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