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.
I would die before I divorce you
I'd take a thousand thumps for my love
'Cause you kiss a lucky horseshoe
Stuck it in my boxing glove
'Cause anyone who will see us
Through our victory and done defeat
Knows that I'll take you to the cleaners
If you come between the cheats
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
My husband is the finest handsome hustler
And he still make this housewife blush
So I'm holding my hand in his
I'm sitting on the royal flush
Women drink him in, swimming in his green eyes
Then go home and catch the chips you got
And take a bad beat to ooh to boat oh!
The jack of hearts is my jackpot
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
'Cause we all have to lock eyes
And I know as my heart beats
There's a winning secret to both
And it's sworn between the cheats
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
I'd take a thousand thumps for my love
'Cause you kiss a lucky horseshoe
Stuck it in my boxing glove
'Cause anyone who will see us
Through our victory and done defeat
Knows that I'll take you to the cleaners
If you come between the cheats
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
My husband is the finest handsome hustler
And he still make this housewife blush
So I'm holding my hand in his
I'm sitting on the royal flush
Women drink him in, swimming in his green eyes
Then go home and catch the chips you got
And take a bad beat to ooh to boat oh!
The jack of hearts is my jackpot
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
'Cause we all have to lock eyes
And I know as my heart beats
There's a winning secret to both
And it's sworn between the cheats
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
Between the cheats, ooh oh oh ooh oh oh
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At the 1:47 mark through 1:54 Amy is clearly "Scat singing" (vocalizing using sound and syllables instead of actual lyrics) Although, at the 1:47 mark, the last word would be "got" as soon as it rolls up to 1:47 she scat sings, than at the 1:54 mark the lyrics pick up where they last left off, and at 1:54 she continues with" the jack of hearts is my jackpot.
Personally, I think she sings something along these lines , Imagine this verse picking up at the 1:48 mark, " and take a min to, oh, bottle the jack of heart"
What do you guys think?? Also I wanna apply this scat signing to " October song" at mark 2:54 I feel like she scats, like a bird would, " I never ment to fly away" or it could be " I never ment to take off" which would make more scene, because what do birds to when they leave the nest? They take off. Never to return home again. Now that I listen to it again, it sounds like she says " I never ment to give up" rip Amy
@Brandon2323 Really? Because I hear “and when you’re ready to [ooh, oh] to battle / the jack of hearts is my jackpot”