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.
I can eat pork until the cows come home
And cheese like it's going out of style but it's not
I like just about every type of vegetables
I like raisins and nuts and seeds and olives and pickles and fruit and beef and bread
But I don't like salmon
I jump from a plane with a parachute
Scuba to the ocean floor
Driven super fast in a racing car
I've bungee jump and zip-lined, I've crossed roped bridges over raging rivers
But I don't like those spiny rides
I can fly my very own airplane
And I've been to the summits of mountains
I've been to the top of the CN tower
I can work on a ladder, I can climb a tree, I can look out the window of a really tall building
But if I stand close to the edge of a railing or up on a roof or something, I realize
I don't like heights so much
And cheese like it's going out of style but it's not
I like just about every type of vegetables
I like raisins and nuts and seeds and olives and pickles and fruit and beef and bread
But I don't like salmon
I jump from a plane with a parachute
Scuba to the ocean floor
Driven super fast in a racing car
I've bungee jump and zip-lined, I've crossed roped bridges over raging rivers
But I don't like those spiny rides
I can fly my very own airplane
And I've been to the summits of mountains
I've been to the top of the CN tower
I can work on a ladder, I can climb a tree, I can look out the window of a really tall building
But if I stand close to the edge of a railing or up on a roof or something, I realize
I don't like heights so much
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I Don't Like Lyrics as written by Ed Robertson Steven Page
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