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 want to sit in your office
I want to play with your office supplies
Though I look like a novice
I've got experience in enterprise
Like the sun on a summer visit
To this, my first place of business
I want to make a paper chain
I want to build a rubber band train
I hate to see that desk lamp drain
The color from your skin and hair
Why sit still when you've got a swivel chair?
If you're done playing phone tag
In the Chino Industrial Park
Grab your briefcase and brown bag
Wash down a Twinkie with some Cutty Sark
There are things that you can't bury
Under piles of stationery
I want to make some paper snow
The colors of a Stampak rainbow
I'd like to see that desk fan blow
Your memoranda everywhere
Why sit still when you've got a swivel chair?
To spin in
Spin in
Spin in
To spin in
If the bearings start to wear
You can always declare
Chapter 11
Declare Chapter 11
But in the meantime we can throw some
Money at the so-called problem
I want to make a paper chain
I want to build a rubber band train
If we derive illicit gain
I'll share your cell, I'll sell your share
Why sit still when you've got a swivel chair?
Spin out!
I want to sit in your office
I want to play with your office supplies
I want to play with your office supplies
Though I look like a novice
I've got experience in enterprise
Like the sun on a summer visit
To this, my first place of business
I want to make a paper chain
I want to build a rubber band train
I hate to see that desk lamp drain
The color from your skin and hair
Why sit still when you've got a swivel chair?
If you're done playing phone tag
In the Chino Industrial Park
Grab your briefcase and brown bag
Wash down a Twinkie with some Cutty Sark
There are things that you can't bury
Under piles of stationery
I want to make some paper snow
The colors of a Stampak rainbow
I'd like to see that desk fan blow
Your memoranda everywhere
Why sit still when you've got a swivel chair?
To spin in
Spin in
Spin in
To spin in
If the bearings start to wear
You can always declare
Chapter 11
Declare Chapter 11
But in the meantime we can throw some
Money at the so-called problem
I want to make a paper chain
I want to build a rubber band train
If we derive illicit gain
I'll share your cell, I'll sell your share
Why sit still when you've got a swivel chair?
Spin out!
I want to sit in your office
I want to play with your office supplies
Lyrics submitted by goneinaminute
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