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 fell in love with a disco queen
In the heart of the city at a bistro scene
A long story short, she come up north turned our house to the port
We took a trip down Mexico, and I nearly shout myself like plexico
But with a mouth so fast she was technical
And don't turn to a vegetable
Hey, you walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Catch rest in the motel room
When the roosters call I escape this doom
The humming bird is the humming man
Six years later you will understand
I spoke four words from the last night, night, yikes
In the mother land for another life for another man
Damn, you walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Try make the most of this
Don't throw it all away
She had to change her number twice
And no time to count the days
She the disco queen, party all night like her shit's so clean
If you look those eyes, it might be me in the deep skies
You walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
You walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
In the heart of the city at a bistro scene
A long story short, she come up north turned our house to the port
We took a trip down Mexico, and I nearly shout myself like plexico
But with a mouth so fast she was technical
And don't turn to a vegetable
Hey, you walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Catch rest in the motel room
When the roosters call I escape this doom
The humming bird is the humming man
Six years later you will understand
I spoke four words from the last night, night, yikes
In the mother land for another life for another man
Damn, you walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Try make the most of this
Don't throw it all away
She had to change her number twice
And no time to count the days
She the disco queen, party all night like her shit's so clean
If you look those eyes, it might be me in the deep skies
You walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
You walk to the sun, I sleep through the day
But nothing more
The sky lit up the stars, we're miles apart
Look up where you are
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
Is that what you want, 'cause love is real
Just have a good time
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Love Is Real Lyrics as written by Theophilus London John Hill
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