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.
Oh God, i already forgot your name
But a name's just a swing of letters
Put together, so clever
Oh God, i thought that i found God in your name
It's upsetting, but the setting has changed
We're never gonna be the same
If you look everybody is trying on new faces
And the ones that fit are surprisingly contagious
With a shiny new beginning we cordially invite you to
Into the dressing room
Oh God, it seems that I misplaced your secret
But i can see what it does, how it lights you up
Oh God, it seems I've had some better days
Keep it steady cause your losing the pace
We're never gonna be the same
If you look everybody is trying on new faces
And the ones that fit are surprisingly contagious
With a shiny new beginning we cordially invite you to
Into the dressing room
Don't spill your guts cause that's a mess that no one wants to clean up
This is enough, my heart is stuck, this feelings breaking me up
Don't spill your guts cause that's a mess that no one wants to clean up
This is enough, my heart is stuck, this feelings breaking me up
If you look everybody is trying on new faces
And the ones that fit are surprisingly contagious
With a shiny new beginning we cordially invite you to
Into the dressing room
But a name's just a swing of letters
Put together, so clever
Oh God, i thought that i found God in your name
It's upsetting, but the setting has changed
We're never gonna be the same
If you look everybody is trying on new faces
And the ones that fit are surprisingly contagious
With a shiny new beginning we cordially invite you to
Into the dressing room
Oh God, it seems that I misplaced your secret
But i can see what it does, how it lights you up
Oh God, it seems I've had some better days
Keep it steady cause your losing the pace
We're never gonna be the same
If you look everybody is trying on new faces
And the ones that fit are surprisingly contagious
With a shiny new beginning we cordially invite you to
Into the dressing room
Don't spill your guts cause that's a mess that no one wants to clean up
This is enough, my heart is stuck, this feelings breaking me up
Don't spill your guts cause that's a mess that no one wants to clean up
This is enough, my heart is stuck, this feelings breaking me up
If you look everybody is trying on new faces
And the ones that fit are surprisingly contagious
With a shiny new beginning we cordially invite you to
Into the dressing room
Lyrics submitted by bandshirts, edited by ibuki
The Dressing Room Lyrics as written by Kyle Even David Schmitt
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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lol "Yo hey, is that mic on?" "no" "kyle you ready?" "No I'm not ready! Wait, WAIT!"
lol i hadn't ever noticed that till just a second ago!
that's my favorite part of the whole song =)
well to me, this song could mean one of two things:
or
i think its the second one, it sounds better
I think the song is about the singer meating a girl and starting a short term relationship with her. He must really love her, he says they are never gonna be the same though. He wants her to change for him, so they will be. The problem is she doesn't want to change.
He says he misplaced her secret, but he doesn't understand what people like about who the girl really is. She is loosing the pace, so she is not changing enough for him.
He says don't spill your guts, because he doesn't think anyone will care who she is, he says his heart is stuck, because he doesn't know wether to stay with her or not.
I think it means that how people always change their faces (personallites) and stuff and the dressing room is where everyone changes and stuff.
I think that this is kind of saying that people are trying to be individual by trying on different looks and "faces", or maybe even personalities and they end up all being the same.
Maybe something like that.
I think that this song is talking about people being tired of who they are or wanting to be "original" and they try and be someone else. You have this "new beginning" and it will either turn out great or you will forget who you are
I agree with the idea that it's about people trying to be someone they aren't at the moment, but the lines:
If you look everybody here is trying on new faces, And the ones that fit are surprisingly contagious,
make me think that it's more about how people try and be like other people. Like, that's what that celebrity is wearing, and s/he is famous, so I should do that. So, it's like trying on all of these designer things to become someone you aren't, which is something everyone seems to be doing nowadays.
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@EliZrockZ surprisingly contagious?
Sounds like a masquerade... perhaps Phantom of the Opera?