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'll never be a vending machine repairman
I'll never think like a dog
I'll never touch my hand to the wailing wall
I'll never pass the winning throw
I don't mind much these things I'm never doing
One fact thats hard to be a friend with
Is I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I'll never be an admiral in the army
I'll never find the cure
I'll never think to bring along the sunscreen
I'll never stop the wind from blowing cold
I don't mind much these things I'm never doing
One fact that's hard to be a friend with
Is I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who
All the time in the world isn't ours now
All the roads that I drive you're not on now
all the worries I've been keeping in my head
were gone for a second when I met you
and now they're back again
One of the women who loved you
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never be the one you wake up next to)
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never be the girl you call your own)
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never make you breakfast in the morning)
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never be the)
I'll never think like a dog
I'll never touch my hand to the wailing wall
I'll never pass the winning throw
I don't mind much these things I'm never doing
One fact thats hard to be a friend with
Is I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I'll never be an admiral in the army
I'll never find the cure
I'll never think to bring along the sunscreen
I'll never stop the wind from blowing cold
I don't mind much these things I'm never doing
One fact that's hard to be a friend with
Is I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who
All the time in the world isn't ours now
All the roads that I drive you're not on now
all the worries I've been keeping in my head
were gone for a second when I met you
and now they're back again
One of the women who loved you
One of the women who loved you
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never be the one you wake up next to)
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never be the girl you call your own)
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never make you breakfast in the morning)
I will never be
One of the women who loved you (I'll never be the)
Lyrics submitted by chocolatesmartie, edited by Wang Tang
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