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.
What friends are for
What friends are for
What friends are for
What friends are for
What friends are for
What friends are for
Promises, promises
Old, tired, worn out, second hand sentances
One thing, with you is certain
You're a really sad person
So sad
Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapointed a few people
Well, isn't that what friends are for? (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?
You, you're just a really sad person
Who won't, you won't listen to anyone
No not you
With those half moon eyelids
Just babbling on, your usless defenses
So sad
Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapointed a few people
Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?
This erratic haphazard, fluttering
This to-ing and fro-ing
Like a confused moth
The collision, illusion
And it's all ad infinitum
You're a really sad person
You're really so sad
Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapionted a few people
Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?
Fools and horses
Running their courses
And brow beaten down
Like dust on the ground
You cheat easily
Like sweet charity
And all of the bastards
The world despises
In newer disguises
You cheat easily
Like all charity
Fools and horses (What friends are for)
Running their courses (What friends are for)
And brow beaten down (What friends are for)
Like dust on the ground (What friends are for)
You cheat easily(What friends are for)
Like sweet charity(What friends are for)
And all of the bastards(What friends are for)
The world despises(What friends are for)
In newer disguises(What friends are for)
You cheat easily(What friends are for)
Like all charity(What friends are for)
What friends are for
What friends are for
What friends are for
What friends are for
What friends are for
Promises, promises
Old, tired, worn out, second hand sentances
One thing, with you is certain
You're a really sad person
So sad
Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapointed a few people
Well, isn't that what friends are for? (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?
You, you're just a really sad person
Who won't, you won't listen to anyone
No not you
With those half moon eyelids
Just babbling on, your usless defenses
So sad
Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapointed a few people
Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?
This erratic haphazard, fluttering
This to-ing and fro-ing
Like a confused moth
The collision, illusion
And it's all ad infinitum
You're a really sad person
You're really so sad
Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapionted a few people
Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?
Fools and horses
Running their courses
And brow beaten down
Like dust on the ground
You cheat easily
Like sweet charity
And all of the bastards
The world despises
In newer disguises
You cheat easily
Like all charity
Fools and horses (What friends are for)
Running their courses (What friends are for)
And brow beaten down (What friends are for)
Like dust on the ground (What friends are for)
You cheat easily(What friends are for)
Like sweet charity(What friends are for)
And all of the bastards(What friends are for)
The world despises(What friends are for)
In newer disguises(What friends are for)
You cheat easily(What friends are for)
Like all charity(What friends are for)
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Disappointed Lyrics as written by John Alexander Mcgeoch John Lydon
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