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.
Train gets to my stop right as the sun drops
Climbing the stairs as the night holds it light over me
Weaving through the crowd, the street it gets so loud
But I’ve got my senses and I’ve got my guitar in my hands
There ain’t no reason to cry, everybody understands
There ain’t no reason, there ain’t no reason to cry
Take this guitar from my hands, all I wanna do is dance
There ain’t no reason to cry
Get to the rock show, the music is too low
Untangle me, turn me up, you know this ain’t no disco
Go on unplug me, back into the sea
Lost in the waves of the noise crashing all around me
There ain’t no reason to cry, everybody understands
There ain’t no reason, there ain’t no reason to cry
Take this guitar from my hands, all I wanna do is dance
There ain’t no reason to cry
Now after the party, the after-party
Two blocks away and up three flights of stairs
She said â€�There’s nothing to lose and there’s no room to moveâ€�
So hey what would you so to a boy with no guitar in his hands
There ain’t no reason to cry, everybody understands
There ain’t no reason, there ain’t no reason to cry
Take this guitar from my hands, all I wanna do is dance
There ain’t no reason to cry
Through the smoke, in my sights
In the heat of the summer night
Cupid’s curse lifted high to the sky
There ain’t no reason to cry
There ain’t no reason to cry
Climbing the stairs as the night holds it light over me
Weaving through the crowd, the street it gets so loud
But I’ve got my senses and I’ve got my guitar in my hands
There ain’t no reason to cry, everybody understands
There ain’t no reason, there ain’t no reason to cry
Take this guitar from my hands, all I wanna do is dance
There ain’t no reason to cry
Get to the rock show, the music is too low
Untangle me, turn me up, you know this ain’t no disco
Go on unplug me, back into the sea
Lost in the waves of the noise crashing all around me
There ain’t no reason to cry, everybody understands
There ain’t no reason, there ain’t no reason to cry
Take this guitar from my hands, all I wanna do is dance
There ain’t no reason to cry
Now after the party, the after-party
Two blocks away and up three flights of stairs
She said â€�There’s nothing to lose and there’s no room to moveâ€�
So hey what would you so to a boy with no guitar in his hands
There ain’t no reason to cry, everybody understands
There ain’t no reason, there ain’t no reason to cry
Take this guitar from my hands, all I wanna do is dance
There ain’t no reason to cry
Through the smoke, in my sights
In the heat of the summer night
Cupid’s curse lifted high to the sky
There ain’t no reason to cry
There ain’t no reason to cry
Lyrics submitted by Homestyle_joe
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