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.
Держишь его руку,
Знаешь, как в секунду
Просто так теряют
Лучшую подругу?
И уже не больно.
Я тебя теряю,
Я тебя не знаю,
Не прошчаю!
Ждешь в глазах моих печаль?
Прошло, не мечтаи!
Знаю, любишь его
И тебя мне не жаль!
Раз не видишь по глазам,
Читаи по губам:
"Знаешь, я его никому не отдам!"
Было небо пополам,
Но звезды к ногам.
Разве знала, что ты за ним по пятам.
Все читаешь по губам?
Учись по глазам!
"Я тебе его никогда не отдам!"
Пальцы дрожат,
Сердце разбивает такты.
Я каянусь тебя забыть
Он будет рад,
Когда я улыбнусь
Ему в глаза, очнусь.
И на последнем вздохе
Отвернусь.
Ждешь в глазах моих печаль?
Прошло, не мечтаи!
Знаю, любишь его
И тебя мне не жаль!
Раз не видишь по глазам,
Читаи по губам:
"Знаешь, я его никому не отдам!"
Было небо пополам,
Но звезды к ногам.
Разве знала, что ты за ним по пятам.
Все читаешь по губам?
Учись по глазам!
"Я тебе его никогда не отдам!"
Не отдам!
Ждешь в глазах моих печаль?
Прошло, не мечтаи!
Знаю, любишь его
И тебя мне не жаль!
Раз не видишь по глазам,
Читаи по губам:
"Знаешь, я его никому не отдам!"
Было небо пополам,
Но звезды к ногам.
Разве знала, что ты за ним по пятам.
Все читаешь по губам?
Учись по глазам!
"Я тебе его никогда не отдам!"
Translation : Do not give up
Holding his hand,
You know, as a second
Just lose
your Best friend?
And it does not hurt
I'm losing you,
I do not know
Not proshchayu! (sorry i didnt got this part meanings ! )
Waiting in the eyes of my sorrow?
It has not dreamed of!
I know you love him
And I'm not sorry for you !
If you do not see the eyes,
Read my lips:
"You know, I will not give it!"
It was the sky in half
But the stars to the feet.
Did you know that you were behind him ?
Everything you read on the lips?
Study it on the eyes!
"I told you it would never give up!"
Fingers trembling
My heart breaks cycles.
Kayan I forget you
He will be glad
When I smile
He is in the eye,
And the last breath
Turn around.
Waiting in the eyes of my sorrow?
It has not dreamed of!
I know you love him
And I'm not sorry for you !
If you do not see the eyes,
Read my lips:
"You know, I will not give it!"
It was the sky in half
But the stars to the feet.
Did you know that you were behind him ?
Everything you read on the lips?
Study it on the eyes!
"I told you it would never give up!"
Do not give up!
Waiting in the eyes of my sorrow?
It has not dreamed of!
I know you love him
And I'm not sorry for you !
If you do not see the eyes,
Read my lips:
"You know, I will not give it!"
It was the sky in half
But the stars to the feet.
Did you know that you were behind him ?
Everything you read on the lips?
Study it on the eyes!
"I told you it would never give up!"
Знаешь, как в секунду
Просто так теряют
Лучшую подругу?
И уже не больно.
Я тебя теряю,
Я тебя не знаю,
Не прошчаю!
Ждешь в глазах моих печаль?
Прошло, не мечтаи!
Знаю, любишь его
И тебя мне не жаль!
Раз не видишь по глазам,
Читаи по губам:
"Знаешь, я его никому не отдам!"
Было небо пополам,
Но звезды к ногам.
Разве знала, что ты за ним по пятам.
Все читаешь по губам?
Учись по глазам!
"Я тебе его никогда не отдам!"
Пальцы дрожат,
Сердце разбивает такты.
Я каянусь тебя забыть
Он будет рад,
Когда я улыбнусь
Ему в глаза, очнусь.
И на последнем вздохе
Отвернусь.
Ждешь в глазах моих печаль?
Прошло, не мечтаи!
Знаю, любишь его
И тебя мне не жаль!
Раз не видишь по глазам,
Читаи по губам:
"Знаешь, я его никому не отдам!"
Было небо пополам,
Но звезды к ногам.
Разве знала, что ты за ним по пятам.
Все читаешь по губам?
Учись по глазам!
"Я тебе его никогда не отдам!"
Не отдам!
Ждешь в глазах моих печаль?
Прошло, не мечтаи!
Знаю, любишь его
И тебя мне не жаль!
Раз не видишь по глазам,
Читаи по губам:
"Знаешь, я его никому не отдам!"
Было небо пополам,
Но звезды к ногам.
Разве знала, что ты за ним по пятам.
Все читаешь по губам?
Учись по глазам!
"Я тебе его никогда не отдам!"
Translation : Do not give up
Holding his hand,
You know, as a second
Just lose
your Best friend?
And it does not hurt
I'm losing you,
I do not know
Not proshchayu! (sorry i didnt got this part meanings ! )
Waiting in the eyes of my sorrow?
It has not dreamed of!
I know you love him
And I'm not sorry for you !
If you do not see the eyes,
Read my lips:
"You know, I will not give it!"
It was the sky in half
But the stars to the feet.
Did you know that you were behind him ?
Everything you read on the lips?
Study it on the eyes!
"I told you it would never give up!"
Fingers trembling
My heart breaks cycles.
Kayan I forget you
He will be glad
When I smile
He is in the eye,
And the last breath
Turn around.
Waiting in the eyes of my sorrow?
It has not dreamed of!
I know you love him
And I'm not sorry for you !
If you do not see the eyes,
Read my lips:
"You know, I will not give it!"
It was the sky in half
But the stars to the feet.
Did you know that you were behind him ?
Everything you read on the lips?
Study it on the eyes!
"I told you it would never give up!"
Do not give up!
Waiting in the eyes of my sorrow?
It has not dreamed of!
I know you love him
And I'm not sorry for you !
If you do not see the eyes,
Read my lips:
"You know, I will not give it!"
It was the sky in half
But the stars to the feet.
Did you know that you were behind him ?
Everything you read on the lips?
Study it on the eyes!
"I told you it would never give up!"
Lyrics submitted by Nazanin
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