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.
There is something on your mind
By the way you look at me
Something on your mind, oh, honey
By the way you look at me
Can what you're thinking
Bring happiness or will it bring misery?
No, no, please don't try to tell me
I think I'll understand
Girl, girl, you don't have to tell me, pretty baby
I think I'll understand
You want me to try and forget you
But I'll do the best I can
You know it's so hard to be in love
And then someone you love don't love you
Until it gets a heavy burden on your heart
To know that somebody's rocking your cradle
Better than you can rock your own cradle yourself
It ain't but one thing left for you to do
Pack your clothes, turn around
Walk slowly out the door
Look back over your left shoulder
Hang your head and think
If you ever think about me
If I ever cross your mind
Girl, girl, if you ever think about me, pretty baby
If I ever cross your mind
Well, you know, you know I'm yours
And I know you're mine
After you can't stand it no more
Then you go on downtown to the pawn shop
And buy yourself a pistol
Then you make it back up on the scene
Where your loved one and your best friend are now together
You walk right in, you kick down the door
Shoot him, can't shoot her, knowing if you shoot her
All of your longtime life and love is gone forever
By the time you make it up in your mind for to forgive her
In walks with another one of your friends through the door
Know this gonna hurt you till your heart
And you go right ahead and shoot her
Then you say, "Baby, baby, oh baby, I'm sorry"
But if she don't love you, know what she say
But if she love you, she'll look up at you
With her last dying breath and say
?Do do do do, hm, oh yeah, yeah
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby, hmm?
By the way you look at me
Something on your mind, oh, honey
By the way you look at me
Can what you're thinking
Bring happiness or will it bring misery?
No, no, please don't try to tell me
I think I'll understand
Girl, girl, you don't have to tell me, pretty baby
I think I'll understand
You want me to try and forget you
But I'll do the best I can
You know it's so hard to be in love
And then someone you love don't love you
Until it gets a heavy burden on your heart
To know that somebody's rocking your cradle
Better than you can rock your own cradle yourself
It ain't but one thing left for you to do
Pack your clothes, turn around
Walk slowly out the door
Look back over your left shoulder
Hang your head and think
If you ever think about me
If I ever cross your mind
Girl, girl, if you ever think about me, pretty baby
If I ever cross your mind
Well, you know, you know I'm yours
And I know you're mine
After you can't stand it no more
Then you go on downtown to the pawn shop
And buy yourself a pistol
Then you make it back up on the scene
Where your loved one and your best friend are now together
You walk right in, you kick down the door
Shoot him, can't shoot her, knowing if you shoot her
All of your longtime life and love is gone forever
By the time you make it up in your mind for to forgive her
In walks with another one of your friends through the door
Know this gonna hurt you till your heart
And you go right ahead and shoot her
Then you say, "Baby, baby, oh baby, I'm sorry"
But if she don't love you, know what she say
But if she love you, she'll look up at you
With her last dying breath and say
?Do do do do, hm, oh yeah, yeah
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby, hmm?
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Something on Your Mind Lyrics as written by Jay Mcneely
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