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.
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that I know?
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that they know?
Out among these burning crops
What would salve the bottoms of
He who heals the heel
Solely so the legends feel
Oh, tell me this, if our sun is
Arborist or arsonist
There are those who sow
There are those who kindle
Bad ideas
Bad, bad ideas
That, that I had
That, that I did
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that I know?
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that they know?
Fervor for this nothingness
Burns the words upon our lips
Talking shit in tongues
Mingle in these sopping lungs
Oh, this descent to doom and gloom
Set before a tune for two
This last waltz is all
These two left feet of my could ever recall
Bad ideas
Bad, bad ideas
That, that I had
That, that I did
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that I know?
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that they know?
Do they know that I know?
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that they know?
Out among these burning crops
What would salve the bottoms of
He who heals the heel
Solely so the legends feel
Oh, tell me this, if our sun is
Arborist or arsonist
There are those who sow
There are those who kindle
Bad ideas
Bad, bad ideas
That, that I had
That, that I did
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that I know?
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that they know?
Fervor for this nothingness
Burns the words upon our lips
Talking shit in tongues
Mingle in these sopping lungs
Oh, this descent to doom and gloom
Set before a tune for two
This last waltz is all
These two left feet of my could ever recall
Bad ideas
Bad, bad ideas
That, that I had
That, that I did
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that I know?
Do I know that they know?
Do they know that they know?
Lyrics submitted by JMWalz
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