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 sitting on this bed i may as well be on the highway
Ocean bursts its banks and all the water's going my way
Even though you're poison babe i wouldn't even hesitate
There's a lie inside your head, inside your little heart now
Well listen nothing fits and nothing rings a bell in my head
lighting up the fire and the city's painted blood red
Even though you're poison babe i wouldn't even hesitate
Just let it go, i just, i gotta get away now
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
Well i didn't mean to break it i was just having a look
oh, i know i shouldn't touch, i should have never picked it up
but even though you're poison babe i wouldn't even hesitate
just let me go, i just, i got another chance now
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
So underneath the street lights
Oh i found your broken penknife
no, i don't wanna ask what
What you're doing by the wayside
ohhh
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
Ocean bursts its banks and all the water's going my way
Even though you're poison babe i wouldn't even hesitate
There's a lie inside your head, inside your little heart now
Well listen nothing fits and nothing rings a bell in my head
lighting up the fire and the city's painted blood red
Even though you're poison babe i wouldn't even hesitate
Just let it go, i just, i gotta get away now
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
Well i didn't mean to break it i was just having a look
oh, i know i shouldn't touch, i should have never picked it up
but even though you're poison babe i wouldn't even hesitate
just let me go, i just, i got another chance now
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
So underneath the street lights
Oh i found your broken penknife
no, i don't wanna ask what
What you're doing by the wayside
ohhh
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
I was so jealous
I nearly ran away
i was so jealous
i really couldn't say
What was wrong with me
i had some bad disease
i was so sick for you babe
Lyrics submitted by Beckle
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you see, now? great music, love everything about this song + lisa for having made it!