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.
Talking to the mirror again, but it's not listening
Cleaning my dirty mind like a toilet, but it won't give in
Drinking spirits in the hopes that I will find myself one
All I can rectify is that the party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
I feel like falling asleep and never waking up
It's not that my glass is empty, but I need another cup
When all of the doors around me just shut one by one by one
I feel like falling asleep, but the party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Begun, begun, begun
Shaky, shaky steps in the middle of the day
A fire in my path and a cool decay
Of limbs and tooth under my skin
Oh, freedom, where do I begin?
I'm changing my inflection and how I say the words
Maybe it will sound like something they've never heard
Oh, death of the party
I picked up the chalice of malice
And drank 'til I was full, I drank 'til I was full
I was thirsty, but I drank 'til I was full
I drank 'til I, 'til I, 'til I was full
There's a fever in my bones that I know so well
I keep my head low, low, low to avoid the swell
But it'll be cold in hell, it'll be cold in hell
Before they put me in that chamber
So I'm cleaning up as fast as I can
I'm cleaning up as fast as I can
'Cause you can't unbreak what you break, you can't unfake the very fake
You cannot fuel without a tank
No, you can't unbreak what you break, what you break
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Cleaning my dirty mind like a toilet, but it won't give in
Drinking spirits in the hopes that I will find myself one
All I can rectify is that the party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
I feel like falling asleep and never waking up
It's not that my glass is empty, but I need another cup
When all of the doors around me just shut one by one by one
I feel like falling asleep, but the party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Begun, begun, begun
Shaky, shaky steps in the middle of the day
A fire in my path and a cool decay
Of limbs and tooth under my skin
Oh, freedom, where do I begin?
I'm changing my inflection and how I say the words
Maybe it will sound like something they've never heard
Oh, death of the party
I picked up the chalice of malice
And drank 'til I was full, I drank 'til I was full
I was thirsty, but I drank 'til I was full
I drank 'til I, 'til I, 'til I was full
There's a fever in my bones that I know so well
I keep my head low, low, low to avoid the swell
But it'll be cold in hell, it'll be cold in hell
Before they put me in that chamber
So I'm cleaning up as fast as I can
I'm cleaning up as fast as I can
'Cause you can't unbreak what you break, you can't unfake the very fake
You cannot fuel without a tank
No, you can't unbreak what you break, what you break
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
Party's just begun
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