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.
Though not lovers any more
How about a hand-knitted scarf
For a Christmas present?
Since it will do, I'll take it
Ah, for whatever reason
Ah, days like that
Ah, I remember
So talking of the old days
Our first kiss was
While you were on the hill going home
It was just a touch of lips
A goodbye kiss
A goodbye kiss
Your hair, long hair
Each day becomes more beautiful
I am still nothing but a dream
Sketched in the corner of a textbook
Ah, if one day
Ah, this love too
Ah, for you
So will become like the wind
Seventeenth birthday
In a slight fever, I had a dream
Moonlight on your sleeping face
A goodnight kiss
A goodnight kiss
The funny thing about that
Now it's as if what I saw
Was nothing but a road show being perfomed
I wanted a happy end
Ah, you are now
Ah, gazing at
Ah, that future
That is now out of reach
I want to embrace you
But now my tears are flowing
As you are walking away, to your back
A goodbye kiss
A goodbye kiss
I want to embrace you
But now my tears are flowing
As you are walking away, to your back
A goodbye kiss
A goodbye kiss
How about a hand-knitted scarf
For a Christmas present?
Since it will do, I'll take it
Ah, for whatever reason
Ah, days like that
Ah, I remember
So talking of the old days
Our first kiss was
While you were on the hill going home
It was just a touch of lips
A goodbye kiss
A goodbye kiss
Your hair, long hair
Each day becomes more beautiful
I am still nothing but a dream
Sketched in the corner of a textbook
Ah, if one day
Ah, this love too
Ah, for you
So will become like the wind
Seventeenth birthday
In a slight fever, I had a dream
Moonlight on your sleeping face
A goodnight kiss
A goodnight kiss
The funny thing about that
Now it's as if what I saw
Was nothing but a road show being perfomed
I wanted a happy end
Ah, you are now
Ah, gazing at
Ah, that future
That is now out of reach
I want to embrace you
But now my tears are flowing
As you are walking away, to your back
A goodbye kiss
A goodbye kiss
I want to embrace you
But now my tears are flowing
As you are walking away, to your back
A goodbye kiss
A goodbye kiss
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
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