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.
Nothing rocks this perfect world
All is locked in place
All is tried and true today
We have found our ways
Stuck
We're stuck in static motion
Repeat
Repeat and fade away
Same old answers to every new question
Same old reasons for everything
Same dismissal for every new suggestion
Nothing ends here, so nothing can begin
Can begin
Nothing ends here, so nothing can begin
Nothing rocks this perfect world
All is locked in place
All is tried and true today
We have found our ways
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Find a new direction
Find my way
Find my way
We are where we've always been
And no one's surprised by this
We take no chances
Oh, this is well rehearsed
All words have been said before
But I repeat them still
What I wouldn't give for changes now
For another game to play
This is just by force of habit now
There is nothing left to say
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Find a new direction
If I could take it back
If I could make amends
For all the mistakes I've made
Why would I hesitate?
We've been walking the beaten path
Played the parts we think we're given
So much easier keeping it up
than admitting surrender
We've blamed and we've thrown away
everything exchangeable
I have only myself to blame
if I don't change directions
Only mirrors
Stand in my way
From today
From today
Find my way
Find my way
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Find my way
All is locked in place
All is tried and true today
We have found our ways
Stuck
We're stuck in static motion
Repeat
Repeat and fade away
Same old answers to every new question
Same old reasons for everything
Same dismissal for every new suggestion
Nothing ends here, so nothing can begin
Can begin
Nothing ends here, so nothing can begin
Nothing rocks this perfect world
All is locked in place
All is tried and true today
We have found our ways
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Find a new direction
Find my way
Find my way
We are where we've always been
And no one's surprised by this
We take no chances
Oh, this is well rehearsed
All words have been said before
But I repeat them still
What I wouldn't give for changes now
For another game to play
This is just by force of habit now
There is nothing left to say
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Find a new direction
If I could take it back
If I could make amends
For all the mistakes I've made
Why would I hesitate?
We've been walking the beaten path
Played the parts we think we're given
So much easier keeping it up
than admitting surrender
We've blamed and we've thrown away
everything exchangeable
I have only myself to blame
if I don't change directions
Only mirrors
Stand in my way
From today
From today
Find my way
Find my way
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Let me go down
I need to hit the ground
Break this habit, turn around
Find my way
Lyrics submitted by TheIndestructableD, edited by Octavarium64
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