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'm just the boy inside the man
Not exactly who you think I am
Trying to trace my steps back here again
So many times
I'm just a speck inside your hand
You came and made me who I am
I remember where it all began
So clearly
I feel a million miles away
Still you connect me in your way
And you create in me
Something I would've never seen
When I could only see the floor
You made my window a door
So when they say they don't believe
I hope that they see you in me
After all the lights go down
I'm just the words you are the sound
A strange type of chemistry
How you've become a part of me
And when I sit alone at night
Your thoughts burn through me like a fire
You're the only one who knows
Who I really am
We all wanna be somebody
We just need a taste of who we are
We all wanna be somebody
We're willing to go, but not that far
And we're all see through, just like glass
And we can shatter just as fast
That light's been burned out for a while
I still see it every time I pass
It was lost in the corners of my mind
Behind a box of reasons why
I never doubted it was there
It just took a little time to find
And even when
I feel a million miles away
Still you connect me in your way
And you create in me
Something I would have never seen
When I could only see the floor
You made my window a door
So when they say they don't believe
I hope that they see you in me
After all the lights go down
I'm just the words you are the sound
A strange type of chemistry
How you've become a part of me
And when I sit alone at night
Your thoughts burn through me like a fire
You're the only one who knows
Who I really am
We all wanna be somebody
We just need a taste of who we are
We all wanna be somebody
We're willing to go but not that far
We all wanna be somebody
We just need a taste of who we are
We all wanna be somebody
We're willing to go but not that far
I'm just the boy inside the man
Not exactly who you think I am
Trying to trace my steps back here again
So many times
When I could only see the floor
You made my window a door
So when they say they don't believe
I hope that they see you in me
Not exactly who you think I am
Trying to trace my steps back here again
So many times
I'm just a speck inside your hand
You came and made me who I am
I remember where it all began
So clearly
I feel a million miles away
Still you connect me in your way
And you create in me
Something I would've never seen
When I could only see the floor
You made my window a door
So when they say they don't believe
I hope that they see you in me
After all the lights go down
I'm just the words you are the sound
A strange type of chemistry
How you've become a part of me
And when I sit alone at night
Your thoughts burn through me like a fire
You're the only one who knows
Who I really am
We all wanna be somebody
We just need a taste of who we are
We all wanna be somebody
We're willing to go, but not that far
And we're all see through, just like glass
And we can shatter just as fast
That light's been burned out for a while
I still see it every time I pass
It was lost in the corners of my mind
Behind a box of reasons why
I never doubted it was there
It just took a little time to find
And even when
I feel a million miles away
Still you connect me in your way
And you create in me
Something I would have never seen
When I could only see the floor
You made my window a door
So when they say they don't believe
I hope that they see you in me
After all the lights go down
I'm just the words you are the sound
A strange type of chemistry
How you've become a part of me
And when I sit alone at night
Your thoughts burn through me like a fire
You're the only one who knows
Who I really am
We all wanna be somebody
We just need a taste of who we are
We all wanna be somebody
We're willing to go but not that far
We all wanna be somebody
We just need a taste of who we are
We all wanna be somebody
We're willing to go but not that far
I'm just the boy inside the man
Not exactly who you think I am
Trying to trace my steps back here again
So many times
When I could only see the floor
You made my window a door
So when they say they don't believe
I hope that they see you in me
Lyrics submitted by MusicFREAK20, edited by SMUSER17421948
Be Somebody Lyrics as written by Steve Augustine Joel Bruyere
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