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.
Junebug, I remember everything
The blue carpeted floors, the tall wooden doors
I held you in my arms
Junebug, I'd burn down a picture of a house
say it was ours, when we didn't need it anymore
And that was when I loved you best
We were kids then
We shouldn't think about the rest
You'd put the moon in a basket on your bike front by the coast
The way your face lit up in pale grief you were a ghost
You liked to play with darkness, all the universe could give
I was the home you once tried to escape, the dark in which you lived
And soon they'd find you laying there on several different homes
They'd find you laying on their porches, did you need to use the phone?
And lure you into their rooms
That was the last I heard of June
That was love I could not allow
You were beautiful then, you're just a coke job now
I remember everything, that was love I could not keep
You were beautiful then, I'm still in too deep
The blue carpeted floors, the tall wooden doors
I held you in my arms
Junebug, I'd burn down a picture of a house
say it was ours, when we didn't need it anymore
And that was when I loved you best
We were kids then
We shouldn't think about the rest
You'd put the moon in a basket on your bike front by the coast
The way your face lit up in pale grief you were a ghost
You liked to play with darkness, all the universe could give
I was the home you once tried to escape, the dark in which you lived
And soon they'd find you laying there on several different homes
They'd find you laying on their porches, did you need to use the phone?
And lure you into their rooms
That was the last I heard of June
That was love I could not allow
You were beautiful then, you're just a coke job now
I remember everything, that was love I could not keep
You were beautiful then, I'm still in too deep
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