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.
Thousands of ghosts in the daylight
Walking through my hometown square
Thousands of faces you touched once
Thousands you lost in the fright
Knock knock on the door of the house that he knew... Vidi više
The air grows cold around me and you, and it's cold
You know that he's there
He's there
Thousands of ghosts in the darkness
Lost in a strange neighborhood
The lights from the warm houses haunt them
They forgot what they lost but they know it was good
I was only a girl when I wore those clothes
I was unfaithful, I lived as I chose
I want only to haunt you, but you're never there
I died so I could have you
I died so I could haunt you
Thousands of ghosts in the daylight
One day we all disappear
We'll walk 'til we get to the harbor
They'll never know we were here
Walking through my hometown square
Thousands of faces you touched once
Thousands you lost in the fright
Knock knock on the door of the house that he knew... Vidi više
The air grows cold around me and you, and it's cold
You know that he's there
He's there
Thousands of ghosts in the darkness
Lost in a strange neighborhood
The lights from the warm houses haunt them
They forgot what they lost but they know it was good
I was only a girl when I wore those clothes
I was unfaithful, I lived as I chose
I want only to haunt you, but you're never there
I died so I could have you
I died so I could haunt you
Thousands of ghosts in the daylight
One day we all disappear
We'll walk 'til we get to the harbor
They'll never know we were here
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