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.
with every sweet hello
there's a bitter good bye
with every happy song
there's the one to make you cry
with every traveled road
there's a curse that wont die
I know you're not the only one
You're the only one with a knife
CHORUS
Still you sing "here's one
here's one for the valley
here's one for your family"
there's never one for me
Still you sing "here's one
here's one for the tree
where your heart is buried"
there's never one for me
there's never one for me
The longing the alone
with a fall from a height
and now you've come and gone
must the whole of europe die
we know that you inherit light
but for who does it shine
oh 'cause now I've lost the right
to consider you mine
CHORUS
Still you sing "here's one
here's one for the valley
here's one for your family"
there's never one for me
and here I'm left to sing
oh you kissed so damn easy
did you show it just to tease me
the sweetest treachery
there's never one for me
there's never one for me
there's a bitter good bye
with every happy song
there's the one to make you cry
with every traveled road
there's a curse that wont die
I know you're not the only one
You're the only one with a knife
CHORUS
Still you sing "here's one
here's one for the valley
here's one for your family"
there's never one for me
Still you sing "here's one
here's one for the tree
where your heart is buried"
there's never one for me
there's never one for me
The longing the alone
with a fall from a height
and now you've come and gone
must the whole of europe die
we know that you inherit light
but for who does it shine
oh 'cause now I've lost the right
to consider you mine
CHORUS
Still you sing "here's one
here's one for the valley
here's one for your family"
there's never one for me
and here I'm left to sing
oh you kissed so damn easy
did you show it just to tease me
the sweetest treachery
there's never one for me
there's never one for me
Lyrics submitted by coldchardonnay
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"oh 'cause now I've lost the right to consider you mine"
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And here's the best part that makes us believe it could be a GF or a young friend:
"oh you kissed so damn easy did you show it just to tease me the sweetest treachery "
This is my interpretation, I could say it was a gf but i'd be mistaken I think Scott wanted it to be vague so it can apply for any loss.