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.
Look at me I'm made of wonderful, wonderful
I'm all easy breath and steady
Walk, steady walking
But underneath I'm barely moving, no
Its like I'm nothing
All the ways they had to make
Me smile and then they go and break me
Wait, I think I feel like hell
Though I can't be myself
And I can't be nobody else but if I could
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Look at me, I'm made of
Wonderful, it's terrible
I'm all easy come and easy go
As far as you know
But underneath, man, I'm just killing time
I guess I'm past my prime
And now I'm overrated,
Overdressed, and overstated
Wait, I think I feel like hell
Though I can't be myself
And I can't be nobody else but if I could
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
If I put my hands up, put your hands up
If I fall down
If I lose my place
And I don't know just where
I'm supposed to go
If you'll be there when I wake
Would you love me then?
And I come home tired
And I come home late
Everybody wants me
So I give it away
I'm a wanted man
I'm a wanted man
I'm a wanted man
I'm a wanted man
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
I'm all easy breath and steady
Walk, steady walking
But underneath I'm barely moving, no
Its like I'm nothing
All the ways they had to make
Me smile and then they go and break me
Wait, I think I feel like hell
Though I can't be myself
And I can't be nobody else but if I could
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Look at me, I'm made of
Wonderful, it's terrible
I'm all easy come and easy go
As far as you know
But underneath, man, I'm just killing time
I guess I'm past my prime
And now I'm overrated,
Overdressed, and overstated
Wait, I think I feel like hell
Though I can't be myself
And I can't be nobody else but if I could
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
If I put my hands up, put your hands up
If I fall down
If I lose my place
And I don't know just where
I'm supposed to go
If you'll be there when I wake
Would you love me then?
And I come home tired
And I come home late
Everybody wants me
So I give it away
I'm a wanted man
I'm a wanted man
I'm a wanted man
I'm a wanted man
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Would you love me then
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong
Wonderful Lyrics as written by Robert Thomas Rob Thomas
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Songtrust Ave, Peermusic Publishing
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To respond to navii's question:
"I was actually wondering....
Do you still have to be put on a mask to find/keep people's approval after high school? Even, if you're not a 3-time Grammy-winning recording artist?"
Usually, the answer is yes. But then it depends on the people. And whether you're a Grammy-winning artist doesn't really change that. (I think the Grammys are a stupid popularity contest, personally.) To most of the world, you're only as cool as the last thing you did that was important enough to make headlines. (Or at least local news.) So to be on the top of the popularity totem pole, you have to prove yourself again and again, which I'd imagine is very tiring. Some people exhaust their entire lives trying to do this. Others eventually realize that popularity is fickle and fleeting, and just settle for being liked by the handful of people who understand and accept them.
What the hell does this have to do with Rob Thomas? Well, he and his band have been out of the spotlight for a while, and I think that factors into the criticism of anything RT or Matchbox 20 are working on now. The longer you take a break, the more your new stuff is expected to be some huge chart-topping comeback (especially if you've won THREE GRAMMIES!) or else you're mocked as a commercial failure. RT was probably aware of this when he wrote this song - wrestling with whether to play the game and see how long he can keep his identity current with what people expect a big pop star to look/sound like, or whether he should just ditch that and be himself and if the rest of the world doesn't like that, then oh well.
I say he should go the unpopular route and just do whatever the hell he wants. I'm not sure whether he's doing that or just trying to find the middle ground - I like his music, but I don't think it's anything particularly amazing. I see him experimenting with styles in a few places, but then in others I see him falling back on a lot of tired radio cliches. Maybe tired radio cliches fit his personality; I don't know. Maybe he could be 100% himself and I wouldn't like it. But I'd critique it on the basis of the songwriting and musicianship, not on whether I think he's got what it takes to be at the top of the Billboard charts and win Grammies and be the heartthrob featured on teenybopper magazine covers. That stuff's silly. Just make good music, Rob.