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.
If every tree points to a star
If every tree points to a star
I bent the tips all over
I set a snare for clover
I bent the tips all over
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
It's frustrated love
It's frustrated love
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
So why, why
Probably forget to rememeber it
You'll probably forget to remember it
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(Remember it)
So ripe it's going to spoil
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(To remember it, probably forget)
Would start to let us finish it
(Remember it, probably forget)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Remember it)
Would start to let us finish it
My heart, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
So why don't we choose a different story
(Why - if - this - dream - is - to - die)
If i'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
(Why - if - this - dream)
Then why
I do not understand
If time is smooth
If time is rough
I do no understand
If love must go
Away with trust
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Points to a star, if every tree)
My heart wants just to know
(Points to a star)
If every tree points to a star
I bent the tips all over
I set a snare for clover
I bent the tips all over
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
Nothing is as special as this
It's frustrated love
It's frustrated love
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
So why, why
Probably forget to rememeber it
You'll probably forget to remember it
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(Remember it)
So ripe it's going to spoil
(Probably forget)
This fun, it feels like toil
(To remember it, probably forget)
Would start to let us finish it
(Remember it, probably forget)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Remember it)
Would start to let us finish it
My heart, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose a different story
If I'm dreaming you and you're dreaming me
Then why don't we choose
If I'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
So why don't we choose a different story
(Why - if - this - dream - is - to - die)
If i'm dreaming you, then you're dreaming me
(Why - if - this - dream)
Then why
I do not understand
If time is smooth
If time is rough
I do no understand
If love must go
Away with trust
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
I may want you, but you don't want me
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
I may want you, but you don't want me
(Points to a star)
So why wouldn't it be better to leave
(If every tree)
My heart wants just to know that it exists
(Points to a star, if every tree)
My heart wants just to know
(Points to a star)
Lyrics submitted by The Nerdy Bandit
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Ooops; one error on my own part. That one line in the third set should say "If I'm dreaming you" like all the other ones, rather than "If I'm dreaming me."