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.
Looking down from the top of the world
It's inescapable to miss the fact that (fact that)
That we are all a whole and yet we feel so alone
(That we are all a whole and yet we feel so alone)
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
Our persistence is insignificant on our own
But what would we do without it?
We focus inwards, dwell and sink deeper
While the picture gets bigger and bigger
There's so much more left in me
But all I seem to see
Is how the world tears at me (at me)
Life may seem cursed but there's always, always worse
And we are all but a fly to the universe
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
As I stare (as I stare)
Our eyes stare at life through a window
We take advantage of the skies that float above
Until we see the world from a different perspective
Better perspectives are greeted with lessons of easing the stress
Giving rest to the restless
Ignorance is only bliss
If you don't give a shit about it
Ignorance is only bliss if you don't give a shit about it
Throw your fucking hands up and shout it
Doubt it
If you think you're right then think about it
Throw your motherfucking hands up and shout it
There's so much more to me
But all I seem to see is how the world tears at me
Our persistence is insignificant on our own
But what would we do without it
We focus inwards, dwell and sink deeper
While the picture gets bigger and bigger
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
We take advantage of the earth below and the skies above
There's so much more left in me
But all I seem to see
Is how the world tears at me (at me)
It's inescapable to miss the fact that (fact that)
That we are all a whole and yet we feel so alone
(That we are all a whole and yet we feel so alone)
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
Our persistence is insignificant on our own
But what would we do without it?
We focus inwards, dwell and sink deeper
While the picture gets bigger and bigger
There's so much more left in me
But all I seem to see
Is how the world tears at me (at me)
Life may seem cursed but there's always, always worse
And we are all but a fly to the universe
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
As I stare (as I stare)
Our eyes stare at life through a window
We take advantage of the skies that float above
Until we see the world from a different perspective
Better perspectives are greeted with lessons of easing the stress
Giving rest to the restless
Ignorance is only bliss
If you don't give a shit about it
Ignorance is only bliss if you don't give a shit about it
Throw your fucking hands up and shout it
Doubt it
If you think you're right then think about it
Throw your motherfucking hands up and shout it
There's so much more to me
But all I seem to see is how the world tears at me
Our persistence is insignificant on our own
But what would we do without it
We focus inwards, dwell and sink deeper
While the picture gets bigger and bigger
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
Pull these words from my throat
Or I'll surely choke on my own notes
Pull these words from my throat
As I stare at life through a window
We take advantage of the earth below and the skies above
There's so much more left in me
But all I seem to see
Is how the world tears at me (at me)
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