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.
Bye
Burn
Bold
Bored
Of watching the same movie
In my head
I remember me in that room
Waiting for sleep to come
Waiting for minutes
Waiting for hours
Waiting for days
Waiting for a miracle to wake up from this nightmare.
Never stopping to say : it’s not possible, it’s not possible, it’s not my life
Please take it and give it to the garbage truck
Please take this life and flush it in the toilets
Throw it into the ocean
Burn it all
Bury it six feet under
Give it to your worst enemy
Give my life
Oh no
To your worst enemy
I remember me under this public bench
Like a tramp
Like a motherfuckin’ tramp
Drinking alcohol and alcohol. Eating pills and pills
Mixing it
Feeling my mind going crazy
I remember the cold
I just learned about your crimes and I just wanted to die
Not even to kill you
Not yet
I wanted to die, and you were laughing.
Drinking for other reasons
I remember what you never saw
Oh no
Then I wanted to kill
I wanted to kill you
I wanted to kill them
I wanted to kill the Earth, and after to kill me
I got the picture of you naked
I got the picture of you sucking cocks
I got the picture of you with all theses bastards
I got the picture of you asking my friends to fuck
I got the picture of you lying to me
I got no more pictures of you now
No more
So give my life
To your worst enemy
I remember what you never saw
What you'll never see
What you'll never remember
I got no more pictures of you now
No more
Oh no
Bye
I know I didn’t say it
Burn
First and last goodbye
Bold
Of having wanted to kill you
Bored
Of watching the same movie
In my head
So now thank you bitch
Thank you so much bastards
All the cum you sent on her face was the fuel I needed to reach Anchorage
Reaching Anchorage
Burn
Bold
Bored
Of watching the same movie
In my head
I remember me in that room
Waiting for sleep to come
Waiting for minutes
Waiting for hours
Waiting for days
Waiting for a miracle to wake up from this nightmare.
Never stopping to say : it’s not possible, it’s not possible, it’s not my life
Please take it and give it to the garbage truck
Please take this life and flush it in the toilets
Throw it into the ocean
Burn it all
Bury it six feet under
Give it to your worst enemy
Give my life
Oh no
To your worst enemy
I remember me under this public bench
Like a tramp
Like a motherfuckin’ tramp
Drinking alcohol and alcohol. Eating pills and pills
Mixing it
Feeling my mind going crazy
I remember the cold
I just learned about your crimes and I just wanted to die
Not even to kill you
Not yet
I wanted to die, and you were laughing.
Drinking for other reasons
I remember what you never saw
Oh no
Then I wanted to kill
I wanted to kill you
I wanted to kill them
I wanted to kill the Earth, and after to kill me
I got the picture of you naked
I got the picture of you sucking cocks
I got the picture of you with all theses bastards
I got the picture of you asking my friends to fuck
I got the picture of you lying to me
I got no more pictures of you now
No more
So give my life
To your worst enemy
I remember what you never saw
What you'll never see
What you'll never remember
I got no more pictures of you now
No more
Oh no
Bye
I know I didn’t say it
Burn
First and last goodbye
Bold
Of having wanted to kill you
Bored
Of watching the same movie
In my head
So now thank you bitch
Thank you so much bastards
All the cum you sent on her face was the fuel I needed to reach Anchorage
Reaching Anchorage
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