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.
The story of my life I can't quite comprehend
don't tell me if you know how it ends
when everywhere you go feels like a mirror maze
and your not sure how your stuck in this place
And you got no where else to go
and your lost within your own home
your tryin so hard to win
you keep tryin it's embarrassin
and how you don't even know
but you know your off the tracks
and how did you get in here?
thinkin how did I get in here?
I'll help you break the walls down
i'll help you break the walls down
and bust you out and take you home
believe you me you are not alone
I'll help you break the walls down
Does anybody know where February went?
I was hoping by now it'd be the end of this
when you open up a book and read a thousand lines
but you don't really read you just move your eyes
And you got no where else to go
and your lost within your own home
your tryin so hard to win
you keep tryin it's embarrassin
and how you don't even know
but you know your off the tracks
and how did you get in here?
thinkin how did I get in here?
I'll help you break the walls down
i'll help you break the walls down
and bust you out and take you home
believe you me you are not alone
I'll help you break the walls down
I know this is random but just this morning I saw the sun
reflecting off the lawn window
oh I don't know why but I thought you should know
When you got no where else to go
and your lost within your own home
your tryin so hard to win
you keep tryin it's embarrassing
and how you don't even know
but you know your off the tracks
and how did you get in here?
thinkin how did I get in here?
I'll help you break the walls down
i'll help you break the walls down
and bust you out and take you home
believe you me you are not alone
I'll help you break the walls down
And all the weight that you carried will disappear
and I will willingly embrace you so you lay your head
so c'mon home c'mon home c'mon home,home
don't tell me if you know how it ends
when everywhere you go feels like a mirror maze
and your not sure how your stuck in this place
And you got no where else to go
and your lost within your own home
your tryin so hard to win
you keep tryin it's embarrassin
and how you don't even know
but you know your off the tracks
and how did you get in here?
thinkin how did I get in here?
I'll help you break the walls down
i'll help you break the walls down
and bust you out and take you home
believe you me you are not alone
I'll help you break the walls down
Does anybody know where February went?
I was hoping by now it'd be the end of this
when you open up a book and read a thousand lines
but you don't really read you just move your eyes
And you got no where else to go
and your lost within your own home
your tryin so hard to win
you keep tryin it's embarrassin
and how you don't even know
but you know your off the tracks
and how did you get in here?
thinkin how did I get in here?
I'll help you break the walls down
i'll help you break the walls down
and bust you out and take you home
believe you me you are not alone
I'll help you break the walls down
I know this is random but just this morning I saw the sun
reflecting off the lawn window
oh I don't know why but I thought you should know
When you got no where else to go
and your lost within your own home
your tryin so hard to win
you keep tryin it's embarrassing
and how you don't even know
but you know your off the tracks
and how did you get in here?
thinkin how did I get in here?
I'll help you break the walls down
i'll help you break the walls down
and bust you out and take you home
believe you me you are not alone
I'll help you break the walls down
And all the weight that you carried will disappear
and I will willingly embrace you so you lay your head
so c'mon home c'mon home c'mon home,home
Lyrics submitted by Ayyogetlow
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I really love this song. I think it is one of his most spiritually deep songs without being entirely blatant. I really believe this is about sin and our relationship with the Lord. "your tryin so hard to win you keep tryin it's embarrassing" is about trying to get through our struggles or trying to stop our sin on our own, without the aid of the Lord. "The Walls" are our sin, the thing which keeps us from Him but it is Him that will remove that barrier we have placed: "l'll help you break the walls down and bust you out and take you home". The line "when you open up a book and read a thousand lines but you don't really read you just move your eyes" is about going through all the motions of a good spiritual life but having no real relationship. The only part I'm unsure on is: "I know this is random but just this morning I saw the sun reflecting off the lawn window oh I don't know why but I thought you should know". I think this song is incredibly honest and reveals the hope in Christ.
"I know this is random but just this morning I saw the sun reflecting off the lawn window oh I don't know why but I thought you should know".<br /> <br /> i think its about just enjoying the simple, minuscule things in life that we can take for granted, or that no one else will find joy in, and just enjoy it.<br />
That is exactly how I interpreted it. And for the line "I know this is random but just this morning I saw the sun reflecting off the lawn window oh I don't know why but I thought you should know," I think this is talking about how if you look out your window, you can see the sunshine, and you can see a reason to hope and have an incentive to break down your walls so you see that sunshine yourself, not just reflecting off a window.
Sooooooooooooo beautiful. Seeing this live was absolutely one of the most incredible moments of my life.
The meaning is pretty obvious. Rescuing someone who is hiding behind their walls of loneliness.
i'll help you break the walls down, i'll help you break the walls down and bust you out and take you home, believe you me you are not alone
i can't even imagine any more sincere words you can say to someone it's so... beautiful,tender and yet so strong and caring bryce is so amazing
oh, this song makes me cry. its a really simple but powerful message.
can't wait for the new album.
well fans he has done it again, This is first song from his new releases that i automaticly fell in love with. He is such an amazing and "real" artist. When i first heard this i felt like it was about someone who has lost themselves. Then it came on shuffle one day while working out and related to it in a way that i felt fearless. and today YET another meaning came into my head today when i found out that my family member was lost while getting a divorce and leaving her family. so, make this song whatever you please just sit back listen and imagine (: AMILLION KUDOS GOES TO BRYCE AND HIS AMAZING ART!
amazinggggg song<3 i agree, i believe its about someone being lost, sort of shielded from the rest of the world and then another person "breaks down the walls" for them and helps them find themselves again. beauitfully written and sang:) i love bryce
ok im not really that good at analyzing songs (im 14) but i think this ones about breaking emotional walls down and to stop bottling things up. My cousin always tells me that I build walls and dont show any emotions and that i need to let more out, so this song means alot to me
more than being spiritual, i think this song is just about going through the motions of life, and never really living, and how that isn't right, you need to "break the walls down" to really live, to really feel, and to truly enjoy life.
your life might not always be safe and secure all the time, but that doesn't mean you should put up walls to prevent you from living.
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