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.
I'm already looking back
I'm already looking around
Where did we get off the track
What was it that brought us down
I'm already waking up
How I've been asleep too long
Losing you is hard enough
Not knowing anything was wrong
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
Boy you were supposed to last
You were never supposed to be
Just somebody in the past
Somebody I used to see
Trouble crept up on us
Warning never came a time
Before I knew it we were dust
Just left behind, left behind
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade
And after all the noise I never heard our last goodbye
It was silent as a butterfly
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade (no parade)
No parade
No parade
I'm already looking around
Where did we get off the track
What was it that brought us down
I'm already waking up
How I've been asleep too long
Losing you is hard enough
Not knowing anything was wrong
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
Boy you were supposed to last
You were never supposed to be
Just somebody in the past
Somebody I used to see
Trouble crept up on us
Warning never came a time
Before I knew it we were dust
Just left behind, left behind
Changes come but where they go?
You'll never know
Just another day like any other
Nothing in the sky said run for cover
Just another reason never thought it would end this way
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade
And after all the noise I never heard our last goodbye
It was silent as a butterfly
There was no parade
No lights flashing
No songs to sing along the way
There was no parade
No waves crashing
There was no one else around for days
There was no parade (no parade)
No parade
No parade
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong
No Parade Lyrics as written by Anne Preven Scott Michael Cutler
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Walt Disney Music Company
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It's about a break up that happened so fast they didn't see it coming.
It's so vivid in those lines:
"Where did we get off the track What was it that brought us down"
and
"Trouble crept up on us Warning never came a time Before I knew it we were dust Just left behind, left behind"
and
"And after all the noise I never heard our last goodbye It was silent as a butterfly"
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