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.
Another year has come and gone
But my love for you keeps on and on and on
You're perfect to me, no matter whatever seems
You're everything that's on my mind
And I did love you, one hundred years or more
You're everything that I love so
My devotion to you, more than you can stand
And I, I, I believe in loving the whole morning
Listen here, you know I love you, oh, how I love you
You're all that's on my mind, listen here
But oh, how I adore you, I'll go the last mile for you
You're in changing times
You're perfect to me, more than my eyes can see
You know something, you're the only thing
That's on, on my mind
As long as I live, I'll have love to give
I don't just get that now, I'll always be 'round
I'll always be 'round, closer 'round here
You're perfect to me
I don't care what anybody else see, no, no
You the only thing that's on my mind
I love you, baby, I'd walk the floor at night
Holding my arms tight, baby, now they don't feel better than this
I don't live no better than you, I love you, baby
I don't like fuss it's creatin'
It's all I gotta say, it's all I gotta say
All I gotta say, I love you, baby
It's all I gotta say, somebody understand here
I said something and it's all I gotta say
But my love for you keeps on and on and on
You're perfect to me, no matter whatever seems
You're everything that's on my mind
And I did love you, one hundred years or more
You're everything that I love so
My devotion to you, more than you can stand
And I, I, I believe in loving the whole morning
Listen here, you know I love you, oh, how I love you
You're all that's on my mind, listen here
But oh, how I adore you, I'll go the last mile for you
You're in changing times
You're perfect to me, more than my eyes can see
You know something, you're the only thing
That's on, on my mind
As long as I live, I'll have love to give
I don't just get that now, I'll always be 'round
I'll always be 'round, closer 'round here
You're perfect to me
I don't care what anybody else see, no, no
You the only thing that's on my mind
I love you, baby, I'd walk the floor at night
Holding my arms tight, baby, now they don't feel better than this
I don't live no better than you, I love you, baby
I don't like fuss it's creatin'
It's all I gotta say, it's all I gotta say
All I gotta say, I love you, baby
It's all I gotta say, somebody understand here
I said something and it's all I gotta say
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Perfect to Me Lyrics as written by Willie Mitchell Al Green
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