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.
It's long gone that I carry on
From December
It is no matter
If you remember
Mold, paper, bad wine
And too much bedside whiskey
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up in my sleeve
Now it is your line
I know that I wrote it
And if you tell a lie
Well, no one will notice
And of you and I
Well, I was the loudest
While you stayed quiet
We were surrounded
It's long gone that I carry on
From the winter
I asked you upstairs
Until we tangled in my hair
You were never one
for chronic chattering
Your heart beat pale
While I flew my colors
I flew my colors like a sail
Now it is your line
I know that I wrote it
And if you tell a lie
Well, no one will notice
And of you and I
Well, I was the loudest
While you stayed quiet
We were surrounded
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up
From December
It is no matter
If you remember
Mold, paper, bad wine
And too much bedside whiskey
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up in my sleeve
Now it is your line
I know that I wrote it
And if you tell a lie
Well, no one will notice
And of you and I
Well, I was the loudest
While you stayed quiet
We were surrounded
It's long gone that I carry on
From the winter
I asked you upstairs
Until we tangled in my hair
You were never one
for chronic chattering
Your heart beat pale
While I flew my colors
I flew my colors like a sail
Now it is your line
I know that I wrote it
And if you tell a lie
Well, no one will notice
And of you and I
Well, I was the loudest
While you stayed quiet
We were surrounded
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up
I will roll my heart up
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A Sail Lyrics as written by Lisa Margaret Hannigan
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