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.
These days, the back of my mind
Lately I’ve been thinking
About the thing that you di back then
‘Bout all them girls, now you mess with them
Know I forgave you but I can’t forget
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
Back of my mind
Whenever I look up in the sky I’m like
Count the stars
It amounts to all the teardrops from my eyes
Oh yes it does
And it hurts
Cause I love you
And this shit just won’t go away
It’s in my head
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
Back of my mind
I tried to forget it
I tried
But it just won’t leave me alone
I wanna move on
But it just stays, stays in the back of my mind
Oh it stays, stays in the back of my mi-mi-mi-mi-mind
Lately I’ve been thinking
About the thing that you di back then
‘Bout all them girls, now you mess with them
Know I forgave you but I can’t forget
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
Back of my mind
Whenever I look up in the sky I’m like
Count the stars
It amounts to all the teardrops from my eyes
Oh yes it does
And it hurts
Cause I love you
And this shit just won’t go away
It’s in my head
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
It stays in the back of my mind (back of my mind, back of my mind)
Back of my mind
I tried to forget it
I tried
But it just won’t leave me alone
I wanna move on
But it just stays, stays in the back of my mind
Oh it stays, stays in the back of my mi-mi-mi-mi-mind
Lyrics submitted by Jessica Buckner
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