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.
To live like other people
I never think I’d do
And see my love I give into this dark
Flowers sing the day time
And this is sure at night
This woman said I’m torn between 2 lights
Visions of your lover’s
Holding you some dreadful lights
Wishing they will never be apart
It’s so hard how can I hold on
To someone I can not have
Obsessed with all the things that we could do
Take me on a night drive
And take me on again
The quiet trip we’re living
?
I’d never think I’d do
And to find someone love me really nice
I never think I’d do
And see my love I give into this dark
Flowers sing the day time
And this is sure at night
This woman said I’m torn between 2 lights
Visions of your lover’s
Holding you some dreadful lights
Wishing they will never be apart
It’s so hard how can I hold on
To someone I can not have
Obsessed with all the things that we could do
Take me on a night drive
And take me on again
The quiet trip we’re living
?
I’d never think I’d do
And to find someone love me really nice
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First song off the Observator album. Fantastic, beautiful and soulful. I think Sune said it was supposed to be about the lonely individual in the city or something?
i submitted correct lyrics, however they still don't show up. so i'll post them here... even as a non-native speaker it is quite obvious that there are a a lot of mistakes in the first version posted on here... besides that... such an awesome song!
to live like common people i never think i'll do and so my love i give in to this dark
flowers in the daytime and lucifer at night this woman said i'm torn between two lives
visions of young lovers holding hands in joyful rides wishing they will never be apart
and so again i hold on to someone i can't have obsessed with all the things that we could do
take me on a night drive and take me home again a quiet trip where we will meet the end
to live like common people i never think i'll do in defiance of a love not realized
wow. extremely haunting. this is actually one of my favorite songs on their album.
to live like common people I never think i'll do and so my love I give in to this dark
to live like common people I never think i'll do in defiance of a love not realized
The first lines basically says that they don't think that they can ever have that real relationship that most couples usually have and so this person is willing to "live" inside their own visions of what a relationship and love could be with that person that they can never have. After a break up, it is common to think that we refuse to accept that it's really over. To me, I think this person is in denial but despite it, they are willing to spend the rest of their life re-living the past over and over again.
I remember after my crazy(not my best lol) phase with my exbf. I would take night drives to all the places we had ever went. It was a numbing experience. I would just sit there in front of the store, or bench, etc. and try to replay those memories in my head.