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.
Sometimes you can be like a stranger
In moments when you're so far away
In the night when I reach out to hold you
You just turn away, why do you turn away
Oh, I love you so when you're smilin'
But your smile has faded overnight
Will we stay like this for a lifetime
Gettin' nothin' right, gettin' nothin' right
Why do we always have stormy weather
Why do we have it so rough
Is it so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we ever have love
Oh, I knew from the first time I saw you
I just had to make you mine
Felt so sad when you told me
About your troubled life, all about your troubled life
So here we are just a few years further
Still tryin' to make it work
I've a feelin' what we really need right now, girl
Is just a little love, oh baby, just a little love
Why should we always have stormy weather
Why should we have it so rough
It's not so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we only have love
In moments when you're so far away
In the night when I reach out to hold you
You just turn away, why do you turn away
Oh, I love you so when you're smilin'
But your smile has faded overnight
Will we stay like this for a lifetime
Gettin' nothin' right, gettin' nothin' right
Why do we always have stormy weather
Why do we have it so rough
Is it so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we ever have love
Oh, I knew from the first time I saw you
I just had to make you mine
Felt so sad when you told me
About your troubled life, all about your troubled life
So here we are just a few years further
Still tryin' to make it work
I've a feelin' what we really need right now, girl
Is just a little love, oh baby, just a little love
Why should we always have stormy weather
Why should we have it so rough
It's not so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we only have love
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Stormy Weather Lyrics as written by Marten Tromm
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