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.
will you tell me once again
how we gonna be just friends
if you're for real and not pretend
then I guess you can hang with me
and my fragrance smells like sin
when all I do is win
if you sick like me my friend
then I guess you can hang with me
the list goes on and on and on
you know on and on and on
can't be scared when it goes down
got a problem, tell me now
only thing that's on my mind, is who's gonna run this town
we gonna run this town all night
light it up like it's day not night
if you hold me once before I die
I won't care if I die tonight
fuck all you hoes get a grip
if you don't know I'm the shit
if you don't know I won't quit
I will live forever or die trying
you know on and on and on
on and on and on
feel it coming in the air tonight
screams from everywhere
I'm addicted to the thrill
it's a dangerous love affair
it's crazy how you can go from being joe blow
to everybody on your dick no homo
fuck it let's go
I don't wanna know
what you've been through
what you doing
who you do know
who you screwing
nice to see you in hell where have you been?
(this is the way you do bizniz?
you wanna see how I do bizniz,
show your face again)
the best living or dead hands down, huh?
more talk, less head right now, huh?
and my eyes more red than the devil is
and I'm 'bout to take it to another level, bitch
know that motherfucker, well, what you gon' do now?
whatever I wanna do, gosh!
it's cool now
cause this flow will drown all your sorrow
and this flow will flood the award shows
this that flow you might think I borrowed
but this flow don't care about tomorrow
cause this flow paid for my bathrobe
more so, my whole wardrobe
soon a diablo, maybe gallardo
buy coke from the devil it's called diablow
hell what do I know?
well, what do I wanna know?
I'm just that girl with that nice flow
so fuck all you hoes
get a grip
how we gonna be just friends
if you're for real and not pretend
then I guess you can hang with me
and my fragrance smells like sin
when all I do is win
if you sick like me my friend
then I guess you can hang with me
the list goes on and on and on
you know on and on and on
can't be scared when it goes down
got a problem, tell me now
only thing that's on my mind, is who's gonna run this town
we gonna run this town all night
light it up like it's day not night
if you hold me once before I die
I won't care if I die tonight
fuck all you hoes get a grip
if you don't know I'm the shit
if you don't know I won't quit
I will live forever or die trying
you know on and on and on
on and on and on
feel it coming in the air tonight
screams from everywhere
I'm addicted to the thrill
it's a dangerous love affair
it's crazy how you can go from being joe blow
to everybody on your dick no homo
fuck it let's go
I don't wanna know
what you've been through
what you doing
who you do know
who you screwing
nice to see you in hell where have you been?
(this is the way you do bizniz?
you wanna see how I do bizniz,
show your face again)
the best living or dead hands down, huh?
more talk, less head right now, huh?
and my eyes more red than the devil is
and I'm 'bout to take it to another level, bitch
know that motherfucker, well, what you gon' do now?
whatever I wanna do, gosh!
it's cool now
cause this flow will drown all your sorrow
and this flow will flood the award shows
this that flow you might think I borrowed
but this flow don't care about tomorrow
cause this flow paid for my bathrobe
more so, my whole wardrobe
soon a diablo, maybe gallardo
buy coke from the devil it's called diablow
hell what do I know?
well, what do I wanna know?
I'm just that girl with that nice flow
so fuck all you hoes
get a grip
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