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 keep, I keep
Good ideas
I keep, I keep giving bad
Giving bad people
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Those who can't adjust
Tenfold dismantled pus
Operandi minus modus
My phlegm you to dust
Dragon chaser
I'll quit later
Asteroid to midnight powder
This like genocide, just louder
Fuck who we going after
Fuck them, I'ma have to fuck them over
And the closer, show's over
Bet bitch much, you wanna bet, bitch?
Keep that O and X shit
Feed a narc my driveway
Don't trip 'cause I may
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
I cough up locks, catatonic jingle
Mausoleum treatment, strands of chemo
Unwell out my slit gashes tempo
I'm crawling with swarming crescendo
Execution, my nerves I'm slurring
You deserve this, your worthless disturbs me
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
Mutter, stagger, I'm in you
I got you covered, scatter, you're meant to
Pull a lick real quick
Made off, I fling
Shallow plots for senile kings
Cruelty keeps me even
I moan like flukes
Euphoria follows puke
I won't pull my chute
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Lead-heavy lead us, remedy us
Hem me, I suffer to catch reflux
I ingest reflux
Bile threshold, cortex deluxe
Torture me, lust
Holding horses with bacteria, uhh
I'm downing this vial of old Siberia
Overtoning mysteria
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Good ideas
Good ideas
I keep, I keep giving bad
Giving bad people
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Those who can't adjust
Tenfold dismantled pus
Operandi minus modus
My phlegm you to dust
Dragon chaser
I'll quit later
Asteroid to midnight powder
This like genocide, just louder
Fuck who we going after
Fuck them, I'ma have to fuck them over
And the closer, show's over
Bet bitch much, you wanna bet, bitch?
Keep that O and X shit
Feed a narc my driveway
Don't trip 'cause I may
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
I cough up locks, catatonic jingle
Mausoleum treatment, strands of chemo
Unwell out my slit gashes tempo
I'm crawling with swarming crescendo
Execution, my nerves I'm slurring
You deserve this, your worthless disturbs me
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
Mutter, stagger, I'm in you
I got you covered, scatter, you're meant to
Pull a lick real quick
Made off, I fling
Shallow plots for senile kings
Cruelty keeps me even
I moan like flukes
Euphoria follows puke
I won't pull my chute
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Lead-heavy lead us, remedy us
Hem me, I suffer to catch reflux
I ingest reflux
Bile threshold, cortex deluxe
Torture me, lust
Holding horses with bacteria, uhh
I'm downing this vial of old Siberia
Overtoning mysteria
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
I want you to next time
It doesn't sound so bad when I say it in my mind
Giving bad people good ideas
I keep giving bad people good ideas
Good ideas
Lyrics submitted by BIRDDUDE830
Giving Bad People Good Ideas Lyrics as written by Zachary Charles Hill Stefan Corbin Burnett
Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED
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