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 don't want to talk to anyone I see today
Nothing's gonna change - nothing they can do or say
The word is on the wind - planted are the seeds we've sown
I don't want to talk, 'cause talking walks these feelings home
Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now
Then you say the words I long to hear
Then I say that everything is gonna be alright now
When you say the words that heal my dimming soul
Then I taste it, I feel it, I kiss you, I want you, mmm
Yea, I taste it, I feel it, I miss you, I want you, mmm
Believe it - experience of lightning bolt presence, mmm
I've come alive, I've come alive - take of me you beautiful you
Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now
Then you say the words I long to hear
Then I say, "What did I do to ever deserve you, now?"
When you say the words that heal my dimming soul
When I can't find my way to the end of the day
Won't you wrap me up in your sky
I'm afraid that I could be
Fading away, away
Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now
Then you say the words I long to hear
Then I say, "What did I do to ever deserve you, now?"
When you say the words that heal my dimming soul
Nothing's gonna change - nothing they can do or say
The word is on the wind - planted are the seeds we've sown
I don't want to talk, 'cause talking walks these feelings home
Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now
Then you say the words I long to hear
Then I say that everything is gonna be alright now
When you say the words that heal my dimming soul
Then I taste it, I feel it, I kiss you, I want you, mmm
Yea, I taste it, I feel it, I miss you, I want you, mmm
Believe it - experience of lightning bolt presence, mmm
I've come alive, I've come alive - take of me you beautiful you
Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now
Then you say the words I long to hear
Then I say, "What did I do to ever deserve you, now?"
When you say the words that heal my dimming soul
When I can't find my way to the end of the day
Won't you wrap me up in your sky
I'm afraid that I could be
Fading away, away
Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now
Then you say the words I long to hear
Then I say, "What did I do to ever deserve you, now?"
When you say the words that heal my dimming soul
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