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.
So tell me how you write about your life
and spending all your time writing
hurting my life
you had your time but this is mine
And tell me was it worth the time you lost
considering words you wrote
and words that you tell us
you tried to break this but I'm fine
and for someone who's moved on
You're coming off like a lover
only spiting the other
you're afraid to give your heart up
for another one to start up
and im tiring of writing but
its easier than fighting you
cause you're no longer part of
where im offering my heart up
so tell me does it fight with calls
and closer when you love to say to somebody else
the scene of your wasting his time
you should be giving up with fighting back
while some people corrupt
its just a trait that you lack
you won't get this even with time
and for someone who's moved on
you're coming off like a lover
only spiting the other
you're afraid to give your heart up
for another one to start up
and i'm tiring writing but
its easier than fighting you
and spending all your time writing
hurting my life
you had your time but this is mine
And tell me was it worth the time you lost
considering words you wrote
and words that you tell us
you tried to break this but I'm fine
and for someone who's moved on
You're coming off like a lover
only spiting the other
you're afraid to give your heart up
for another one to start up
and im tiring of writing but
its easier than fighting you
cause you're no longer part of
where im offering my heart up
so tell me does it fight with calls
and closer when you love to say to somebody else
the scene of your wasting his time
you should be giving up with fighting back
while some people corrupt
its just a trait that you lack
you won't get this even with time
and for someone who's moved on
you're coming off like a lover
only spiting the other
you're afraid to give your heart up
for another one to start up
and i'm tiring writing but
its easier than fighting you
Lyrics submitted by audioslavery
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
so tell me are you right and rationalized in spending all your time awaiting hurt in my life you had your time but this is mine
and tell me does it worth the time you lost considering the ways to act and words that you'd toss
you tried to break this but i'm fine and for someone who's moved on
you're coming off like a lover only spiting the other you are afraid to give your heart up for another one to start up and i'm tiring of writing but it's easier than fighting you because you're no longer part of where i'm offering my heart up
so tell me does does he fight without a cause in hopes of winning love you saved for somebody else does he know you're wasting his time
you should be giving up on fighting back well some people grow up it's just a trait that you lack you won't get there even with time
and for someone who's moved on
you're coming off like a lover only spiting the other you are afraid to give your heart up for another one to start up and i'm tiring of writing but it's easier than fighting you because you're no longer part of where i'm offering my heart up
autotune's turned up and i don't think your talent is enough to keep your voice in balance oh no, it's getting ugly
you're coming off like a lover only spiting the other you are afraid to give your heart up for another one to start up and i'm tiring of writing but it's easier than fighting you because you're no longer part of where i'm offering my heart up