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.
Life's a rope and every day's a little tug of war
Take it too easy and you might end up muddy and coarse
But if you hold it at the hip, you might just win it
There are choices that you wish would never show their head
Days the cards aren't on your side but they're the ones you get
And there's a moment you can choose
When what you say is what you do
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
There are fires of the heart and there's a storm that spreads
There are questions when you slice what everybody says
And there's no power to rewind when you're the one who said it
Do you hold your shoulders back so you won't cross the line?
And when you're on your knees do you think you've got a lot of time?
Cause there's a riddle in the wind
Can it blow you down again?
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
If life's a letter that you send
You can't write it out again
What's the use if love's a trend?
When you believing me depends
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
Take it too easy and you might end up muddy and coarse
But if you hold it at the hip, you might just win it
There are choices that you wish would never show their head
Days the cards aren't on your side but they're the ones you get
And there's a moment you can choose
When what you say is what you do
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
There are fires of the heart and there's a storm that spreads
There are questions when you slice what everybody says
And there's no power to rewind when you're the one who said it
Do you hold your shoulders back so you won't cross the line?
And when you're on your knees do you think you've got a lot of time?
Cause there's a riddle in the wind
Can it blow you down again?
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
If life's a letter that you send
You can't write it out again
What's the use if love's a trend?
When you believing me depends
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
You don't know the story
You don't know what happened
You don't know me like you thought you did
Or you'd be laughing
Days are just erasing
And you complain like crazy
Life should be about love and peace
And me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you and daisies
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
Lyrics submitted by nikkus34
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