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.
You are real. You are real. Breathe deep.
Let the screens go blank and the streets explode in sirens.
Bow and vow praise to hunger pangs
and do run run run do-do run run
Don't ask through what world. Skip the hugs.
And do run run run do-do run run.
You are real. You remain real thanks to both itch and state.
and attempts to comprehend environmental devastation.
See this today was not a day until it is and ta-da!
This today of all days you've been made real.
But in what world, how to know?
Just call home. Stitch and feed and you're home.
Been kept so real pressed against ambitious to-do lists.
No time to rationalize, just scratch some shit out.
What will it take to make you take care of yourself?
Don't you hear the sidewalk's cheers from the fireman's song sung from his truck's P.A.?
That's all I hear that siren song the fireman sings from his truck's P.A.
Let the screens go blank and the streets explode in sirens.
Bow and vow praise to hunger pangs
and do run run run do-do run run
Don't ask through what world. Skip the hugs.
And do run run run do-do run run.
You are real. You remain real thanks to both itch and state.
and attempts to comprehend environmental devastation.
See this today was not a day until it is and ta-da!
This today of all days you've been made real.
But in what world, how to know?
Just call home. Stitch and feed and you're home.
Been kept so real pressed against ambitious to-do lists.
No time to rationalize, just scratch some shit out.
What will it take to make you take care of yourself?
Don't you hear the sidewalk's cheers from the fireman's song sung from his truck's P.A.?
That's all I hear that siren song the fireman sings from his truck's P.A.
Lyrics submitted by remembermaine, edited by Aragorn224
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