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 guess I got a taste for poison
I've given up on ever being well
I keep minding the horizon,
digging for lies I've yet to tell
And I wish you were here to softly say my name,
calm down all the chemicals tearing through my brain
I don't think I've missed you this much since I was seventeen
I'd call in the morning and I think this is a dream
Cherokee
Cherokee
Way you carved those doubts right out of me
I see you shining through the treetops
but I don't feel you pulling strings anymore
I still use your old alarm clock
Every morning I get further off the course
And don't I hear you speakin' in the noises in this house
Airplanes flyin' over shakin' all my secrets out
Darlin' tell me something I don't already know
I'm aware of where to find you, it hurts too bad to go
to Cherokee
Cherokee
Way you carved those doubts right out of me
I felt like the world was burning
You had stars in your eyes
shining for a feeling that I can't afford to buy
Everything you told me still rattles in my head
I'm stayin' off of main street, you're talking to the dead
and Cherokee
Cherokee
I wish you'd carve these doubts right out of me
I've given up on ever being well
I keep minding the horizon,
digging for lies I've yet to tell
And I wish you were here to softly say my name,
calm down all the chemicals tearing through my brain
I don't think I've missed you this much since I was seventeen
I'd call in the morning and I think this is a dream
Cherokee
Cherokee
Way you carved those doubts right out of me
I see you shining through the treetops
but I don't feel you pulling strings anymore
I still use your old alarm clock
Every morning I get further off the course
And don't I hear you speakin' in the noises in this house
Airplanes flyin' over shakin' all my secrets out
Darlin' tell me something I don't already know
I'm aware of where to find you, it hurts too bad to go
to Cherokee
Cherokee
Way you carved those doubts right out of me
I felt like the world was burning
You had stars in your eyes
shining for a feeling that I can't afford to buy
Everything you told me still rattles in my head
I'm stayin' off of main street, you're talking to the dead
and Cherokee
Cherokee
I wish you'd carve these doubts right out of me
Lyrics submitted by Zanzinger
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