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 talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
(Okay, okay) dyllie
Certain things been hurting me (True)
Burned by many persons
Getting worse just when it's third degree
(Third degree)
Looked up to thе sky and asked the
Lord to take this hurt from mе (Please)
Voice came off the breeze said
What is purpose really worth to me? (Eee)
I know that the doctor's good
'cause I survived the surgery (I did)
Made a table for me
Demons cursing out of courtesy
(That's right)
They tempt you with the fame and competition
That ain't life (That ain't life)
What's the compensation for your soul?
Man, what's the price? (Price)
I did it right
I couldn't be a slave to capital
That's not a shot at Capitol
Departed like DiCaprio
I'm nuts like some pistachios
I'm stunting like my daddy tho
Sometimes I feel like months
I don't hear nothing from my daddy though
So even when you're silent
Give me strength to still believe
I only know the wind because the
Way it moves the leaves
And so I know You're present 'cause
The way You move in me
Reminder that You love me
Every time I feel the breeze jesus
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Lets me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
And I know that you got my back
Even when I'm back to backsliding
Know You gon' slide on my enemies
Leave 'em burning in fire
And when the lies get the best of me
And I'm on my high horse
Know that You'll provide me with ketamine
What's this metaphor for?
(What's this metaphor for?)
I got beside myself yesterday so
I turned to the left (Turned to the left)
I asked him what he's reflecting on
But he mocked me in jest
And I just say that to say I
Know you can fight with your flesh
That that I know what it's like when
Your brain is fighting to rest
But you just fight it your best
And put your baby in basket
Then send that child down the Nile
And then you battle denial
The Savior told me it's okay if
I get sad for a while
Sometimes it's evil to laugh
Sometimes it's tragic to smile
I said but why cry when your friend
Die if you gon' resurrect him
He said the promise of heaven
Don't take away the depression
He said now take what I said, repeat it
And make it a blessing (Okay, okay)
Make sure the way that you say it
Reflect the weight of the lesson (Mm, mm)
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
(Okay, okay) dyllie
Certain things been hurting me (True)
Burned by many persons
Getting worse just when it's third degree
(Third degree)
Looked up to thе sky and asked the
Lord to take this hurt from mе (Please)
Voice came off the breeze said
What is purpose really worth to me? (Eee)
I know that the doctor's good
'cause I survived the surgery (I did)
Made a table for me
Demons cursing out of courtesy
(That's right)
They tempt you with the fame and competition
That ain't life (That ain't life)
What's the compensation for your soul?
Man, what's the price? (Price)
I did it right
I couldn't be a slave to capital
That's not a shot at Capitol
Departed like DiCaprio
I'm nuts like some pistachios
I'm stunting like my daddy tho
Sometimes I feel like months
I don't hear nothing from my daddy though
So even when you're silent
Give me strength to still believe
I only know the wind because the
Way it moves the leaves
And so I know You're present 'cause
The way You move in me
Reminder that You love me
Every time I feel the breeze jesus
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Lets me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
And I know that you got my back
Even when I'm back to backsliding
Know You gon' slide on my enemies
Leave 'em burning in fire
And when the lies get the best of me
And I'm on my high horse
Know that You'll provide me with ketamine
What's this metaphor for?
(What's this metaphor for?)
I got beside myself yesterday so
I turned to the left (Turned to the left)
I asked him what he's reflecting on
But he mocked me in jest
And I just say that to say I
Know you can fight with your flesh
That that I know what it's like when
Your brain is fighting to rest
But you just fight it your best
And put your baby in basket
Then send that child down the Nile
And then you battle denial
The Savior told me it's okay if
I get sad for a while
Sometimes it's evil to laugh
Sometimes it's tragic to smile
I said but why cry when your friend
Die if you gon' resurrect him
He said the promise of heaven
Don't take away the depression
He said now take what I said, repeat it
And make it a blessing (Okay, okay)
Make sure the way that you say it
Reflect the weight of the lesson (Mm, mm)
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
I talk to God when I'm walking outside
What I see with my eyes
Let's me know it's alright
I feel alive when I'm healing inside
All the stress and my pride
I just set it aside
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