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.
Are you there
Putting all the words together
Painting your new masterpiece
Ocean air
Carrying reminders of that perfect pair
We use to be
Someday everything ends
Can we begin
Finding our way back before we're too late
And lost in between
The truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on
Changing keys
Giving up on me to find familiar things
And try blending in
Know this please
I will not forget the sound of you and me
When we were friends
Someday everything ends
Can we begin
Finding our way back before we're too late
And lost in between
The truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on
Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again
Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again
Yeah
Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again
Putting all the words together
Painting your new masterpiece
Ocean air
Carrying reminders of that perfect pair
We use to be
Someday everything ends
Can we begin
Finding our way back before we're too late
And lost in between
The truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on
Changing keys
Giving up on me to find familiar things
And try blending in
Know this please
I will not forget the sound of you and me
When we were friends
Someday everything ends
Can we begin
Finding our way back before we're too late
And lost in between
The truth and the dream
I've never been more ready to move on
Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again
Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again
Yeah
Bring walls down
Hear all my sound
Let me back in
Love me again
Lyrics submitted by Skoobasteve24
The Sound of You and Me Lyrics as written by Ryan Michael Mendez Longineu Warren Iii Parsons
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I love the end of this song!
"...carrying reminders of that perfect pair we USED to be" ;-)
i think the song is about a couple who've been together for a long time and he knows that they are almost done; that they have changed and they grew apart. He want to find a way to end it where they can still be friends like they where before. "I've never been more ready to move on." thats how he feels he wants her to love him again as a friend. "And lost in between the truth and the dream." He doesn't want them to end with a lot of drama, between the dream that they can last and the truth they must face that thing are not working out for them. He know in order for them to be friends again that he has to end it soon and peaceful.
Sean Mackin stated in an interview that this is the story about Ryan Key and their former bassist Pete Mosley.
that would fit perfectly to the lyrics, because Ryan and Pete used to write the music for the Yellowcard records. So, it was the sound of Pete and Ryan.
Also, Pete Mosley stated that LP asked him about a reunion too. But he denied because the argument with Ryan was to big to overcome.
Sorry that I had to write two posts, I'm new here. And if there are any mistakes, English isn't my mother tongue.