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.
Much to my dismay
When I wake up in the morning
No one by my side
Nowhere left to hide
I thought, music was enough
I could fill the empty spaces
Wandering the halls
Bouncing off the walls
Too high to hear the song
Or recall the deeper meaning
There is but to seek redress
From this wretched loneliness
With love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, that's 50/50
With both of us this time
I can hear my love
And she wouldn't try to change me
She knows that I will try to be
The best of me that I can be
And that is change enough
I could lose myself tryin' to please her
And after all was said and done
She might not like what I'd become
So listen to your love
If you let it, it will tell you
You got to try again, again
Find your lover, confidant and
Friend, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Listen to your love
It will sing to you tomorrow
Every day's new melody
Needs a different harmony
So listen to the song
And the part that never changes
The rhythm and the symmetry
Of love's collected poetry
Listen close enough
Hear the whispers of forever
What we have ourselves become
One and one is still one
Love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Love, love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
When I wake up in the morning
No one by my side
Nowhere left to hide
I thought, music was enough
I could fill the empty spaces
Wandering the halls
Bouncing off the walls
Too high to hear the song
Or recall the deeper meaning
There is but to seek redress
From this wretched loneliness
With love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, that's 50/50
With both of us this time
I can hear my love
And she wouldn't try to change me
She knows that I will try to be
The best of me that I can be
And that is change enough
I could lose myself tryin' to please her
And after all was said and done
She might not like what I'd become
So listen to your love
If you let it, it will tell you
You got to try again, again
Find your lover, confidant and
Friend, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Listen to your love
It will sing to you tomorrow
Every day's new melody
Needs a different harmony
So listen to the song
And the part that never changes
The rhythm and the symmetry
Of love's collected poetry
Listen close enough
Hear the whispers of forever
What we have ourselves become
One and one is still one
Love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Love, love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
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