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.
VACATION JASON:
Man I'm eating all the fruit, you know my favorite food
I put some in a blender and I got myself some juice
anywhere I'll eat a pear, any time I'll grab a lime
and squeeze it over my fruit salad, it stays fresher over time
peanut butter on a fuji, mango in my smoothie
give me any type of fruit, I'll be saying honeydew me
you know I'm getting googy, I'm looking for the freshest
I take a big bite, it's dripping down my flower necklace
produce aisle, I get reckless, I'm checking out my checklist
spent a hundred grand on fruit, but that only covers breakfast
I eat so much fruit, it's scary. I just ate some blueberries
and then I ate a cherry and a peach, it was hairy
like a fuzzy nectarine, I'll eat a bag of tangerines
clementines, mandarins, fruit you never even seen
I'm looking for that tamarind, or a purple mangosteen
haven't seen one of those since I was in the Philippines
hello I'm Vacation Jason and I'm a produce addict
I'm always smashing fruit, call me the Sledge-O-Matic
let me near it I go savage, I like cantaloupe not cabbage
looking for that ripe and ready fresh organic pomegranate
you say you want some too, I can be your fruit dealer
put that money in my hands AKA my banana peelers
grapes, grapes
Coconut Berry Lemon Tree, that's my Island Flavor
I just bought a brand new food dehydrator
made some fruit leather, saving it for later
I know they're technically a fruit, but fuck tomatoes
SUNBURN:
Sunburn is in the building, eating fruit is my vocation
I'm a DJ with ceviche, lemons cooking my crustaceans
my bananas are Jamaican while you're cold in Colorado
and the motto that I follow's my bravado's avocados
HUCKLEBERRY
type of fruit that I eat and inhale just like it's oxygen
BLUEBERRY
when I really want to make sure I'm getting those antioxidants
planting trees across the nation, Johnny Apple in his prime
only song that matters: Oh My Darling Clementine
man I'm slaying dragon fruits cause I've been knighted by His Highness
and I'm in the South of Chinas eating Lychees in vaginas
the sun made my complexion red, it's always dumb hot
so my skin is always cherry when I'm eating kumquats
if I catch you wasting fruits homie, you're bound to get served
I'll take your extra fruits, fill mason jars and make preserves
check my cellar, it's filled: jams jellies marmalades
I don't fuck with GMOs I fuck with what the farmer made
farmer grade, some say Sunburn he got a farmer tan
and the grapes in my fridge never go bad so I never need no Arm n' Ham
pardon ma'am, would you like a date they tasting delicious on this plate with a fig and a grape and a big ass mango, taste it
…
oh my God that's amazing man, just go for the gusto
you must know, Sunburn must just lust for that fructose
I'm crazy for the cran man, due to loose screws
I'm cuckoo for coconuts, don't get your fruit bruised
doodoo's got seeds cause my yard's full of trees
star fruits, plums, apples, peaches and nectarines
if you trap fruits in Jell-O, I'll shoot up your house
banana turns yellow: put it in my mouth
put the lime in the coconut, that's my antidote
married to my honeydew, I told her yes we cantaloupe
Sunburn
Man I'm eating all the fruit, you know my favorite food
I put some in a blender and I got myself some juice
anywhere I'll eat a pear, any time I'll grab a lime
and squeeze it over my fruit salad, it stays fresher over time
peanut butter on a fuji, mango in my smoothie
give me any type of fruit, I'll be saying honeydew me
you know I'm getting googy, I'm looking for the freshest
I take a big bite, it's dripping down my flower necklace
produce aisle, I get reckless, I'm checking out my checklist
spent a hundred grand on fruit, but that only covers breakfast
I eat so much fruit, it's scary. I just ate some blueberries
and then I ate a cherry and a peach, it was hairy
like a fuzzy nectarine, I'll eat a bag of tangerines
clementines, mandarins, fruit you never even seen
I'm looking for that tamarind, or a purple mangosteen
haven't seen one of those since I was in the Philippines
hello I'm Vacation Jason and I'm a produce addict
I'm always smashing fruit, call me the Sledge-O-Matic
let me near it I go savage, I like cantaloupe not cabbage
looking for that ripe and ready fresh organic pomegranate
you say you want some too, I can be your fruit dealer
put that money in my hands AKA my banana peelers
grapes, grapes
Coconut Berry Lemon Tree, that's my Island Flavor
I just bought a brand new food dehydrator
made some fruit leather, saving it for later
I know they're technically a fruit, but fuck tomatoes
SUNBURN:
Sunburn is in the building, eating fruit is my vocation
I'm a DJ with ceviche, lemons cooking my crustaceans
my bananas are Jamaican while you're cold in Colorado
and the motto that I follow's my bravado's avocados
HUCKLEBERRY
type of fruit that I eat and inhale just like it's oxygen
BLUEBERRY
when I really want to make sure I'm getting those antioxidants
planting trees across the nation, Johnny Apple in his prime
only song that matters: Oh My Darling Clementine
man I'm slaying dragon fruits cause I've been knighted by His Highness
and I'm in the South of Chinas eating Lychees in vaginas
the sun made my complexion red, it's always dumb hot
so my skin is always cherry when I'm eating kumquats
if I catch you wasting fruits homie, you're bound to get served
I'll take your extra fruits, fill mason jars and make preserves
check my cellar, it's filled: jams jellies marmalades
I don't fuck with GMOs I fuck with what the farmer made
farmer grade, some say Sunburn he got a farmer tan
and the grapes in my fridge never go bad so I never need no Arm n' Ham
pardon ma'am, would you like a date they tasting delicious on this plate with a fig and a grape and a big ass mango, taste it
…
oh my God that's amazing man, just go for the gusto
you must know, Sunburn must just lust for that fructose
I'm crazy for the cran man, due to loose screws
I'm cuckoo for coconuts, don't get your fruit bruised
doodoo's got seeds cause my yard's full of trees
star fruits, plums, apples, peaches and nectarines
if you trap fruits in Jell-O, I'll shoot up your house
banana turns yellow: put it in my mouth
put the lime in the coconut, that's my antidote
married to my honeydew, I told her yes we cantaloupe
Sunburn
Lyrics submitted by cmooty
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