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.
You said you found intensity so sublime
And that he seemed so different from all the rest
But then he went and said you were out of line
Because you wore a t-shirt without a vest
And now he calls your office ten times every day
He's asking what you're doing and who was about
It always ends in silence with nothing to say
Then he gets so tense that he starts to shout
Because Frank's a psychopath all the time
He spends his whole life running away
Frank's a psychopath change his mind
'cause if you can't I'd say we're all gonna pay
You used to say I never showed you respect
I didn't give attention to all your needs
So when you walked away you had no regrets
But now you feel like biting this hand that feeds
Because he shows up drunk and on drugs every night
He's asking who you've been with and where did you go
He's got a hundred reasons for starting a fight
I know it's mean to gloat but I told you so
You used to boast that he was your true destiny
But now he hates your friends and he wants you to choose
I know it sounds so smug but I think you should see
That a love like this could be hard to loose.
And that he seemed so different from all the rest
But then he went and said you were out of line
Because you wore a t-shirt without a vest
And now he calls your office ten times every day
He's asking what you're doing and who was about
It always ends in silence with nothing to say
Then he gets so tense that he starts to shout
Because Frank's a psychopath all the time
He spends his whole life running away
Frank's a psychopath change his mind
'cause if you can't I'd say we're all gonna pay
You used to say I never showed you respect
I didn't give attention to all your needs
So when you walked away you had no regrets
But now you feel like biting this hand that feeds
Because he shows up drunk and on drugs every night
He's asking who you've been with and where did you go
He's got a hundred reasons for starting a fight
I know it's mean to gloat but I told you so
You used to boast that he was your true destiny
But now he hates your friends and he wants you to choose
I know it sounds so smug but I think you should see
That a love like this could be hard to loose.
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