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 watched the sun again
It's leaving now
I've spent all night long trying to figure out
What I've lost and what I've found
When my feet won't hit the ground
Trying to make it, starting over
And will we ever love again?
Hey baby, are you alone tonight?
How can we make it?
Hey baby, looks like you were wrong
It's never too late, too late
So here we are again, to make some sense of it all
All these sudden changes
Maybe things are not so different
Rearrange the pieces, like it's all we know
It's all we know, let it go
Hey baby, are you alone tonight?
How can we make it?
Hey baby, looks like you were wrong
It's never too late, too late
I can't put it together, what we've lost
But pieces keep falling one by one
'Cause this life has us holding on
For tomorrow then it's gone
For tomorrow then it's gone
Hey baby, it looks like you were wrong (you were wrong)
How can we make it?
Hey baby, are you alone tonight?
How can we make it?
Hey baby, looks like you were wrong
It's never too late, too late
We'll take it all (hey, baby)
Leave the place behind
There's no one else tonight, tonight
We'll take it all (hey, baby)
Leave the place behind
There's no one else tonight, tonight
It's leaving now
I've spent all night long trying to figure out
What I've lost and what I've found
When my feet won't hit the ground
Trying to make it, starting over
And will we ever love again?
Hey baby, are you alone tonight?
How can we make it?
Hey baby, looks like you were wrong
It's never too late, too late
So here we are again, to make some sense of it all
All these sudden changes
Maybe things are not so different
Rearrange the pieces, like it's all we know
It's all we know, let it go
Hey baby, are you alone tonight?
How can we make it?
Hey baby, looks like you were wrong
It's never too late, too late
I can't put it together, what we've lost
But pieces keep falling one by one
'Cause this life has us holding on
For tomorrow then it's gone
For tomorrow then it's gone
Hey baby, it looks like you were wrong (you were wrong)
How can we make it?
Hey baby, are you alone tonight?
How can we make it?
Hey baby, looks like you were wrong
It's never too late, too late
We'll take it all (hey, baby)
Leave the place behind
There's no one else tonight, tonight
We'll take it all (hey, baby)
Leave the place behind
There's no one else tonight, tonight
Lyrics submitted by blessthefate
Hey Baby, Here's That Song You Wanted Lyrics as written by Beau Bokan Michael Baskette
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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