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.
Seems like only yesterday
I thought I had my life together
Ain't it funny how some things change
For it is today I feel uncertain
About my whole world
All once familiar is now strange
I've become so dependant on
Those things that I once rejected
I'm rejecting all I believed
I'm so open minded
That it leaves me undecided
Now I'm forever caught between
Two extremes I believe
I found some time
To get away on my own
I came to a place where
Nobody knows my name
With the hope it would help me
See things clearer
It has for now I realize
That it was nothing but
A planned escape I believe
I thought I had my life together
Ain't it funny how some things change
For it is today I feel uncertain
About my whole world
All once familiar is now strange
I've become so dependant on
Those things that I once rejected
I'm rejecting all I believed
I'm so open minded
That it leaves me undecided
Now I'm forever caught between
Two extremes I believe
I found some time
To get away on my own
I came to a place where
Nobody knows my name
With the hope it would help me
See things clearer
It has for now I realize
That it was nothing but
A planned escape I believe
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I Believe Lyrics as written by Michael Benjamin Albert Colin N Simpson
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