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.
Are we born for something bigger than
A simple life on tracks?
Station to station
Just pressing time to the finish line
Are we fooling our imaginations?
Like ships on the shore, or planes on the floor
Or trains on the highway
You're a colorful soul in a technicolor world
While you're livin' it black and white
Where we are
Is not all we are
It's the path we've run so far
Have you ever felt so alive?
You feel the blood in your veins like ice
Melting down your spine
Oh, have you fallen in love?
Felt that shiver, that shift in your soul
Crashing down like a wave
On the seaside, on the seaside, oh
Running through knee-high grass
Chasing you through fields of green and gold
Like kids we’d play until the end of the day
No fear of growing old
Hear the crash and the waves
Feel the sun on my face
Kiss the sweat off your lips, babe
Taste the salt in the air
Smell the flowers in you hair
With your fingers wrapped in mine
And where we are
Is not all we are
It's the path we've run so far
Have you ever felt so alive?
You feel the blood in your veins like ice
Melting down your spine
Oh, have you fallen in love?
Felt that shiver, that shift in your soul
Crashing down like a wave
On the seaside, on the seaside, oh
Is this all we are?
A simple life on tracks?
Station to station
Just pressing time to the finish line
Are we fooling our imaginations?
Like ships on the shore, or planes on the floor
Or trains on the highway
You're a colorful soul in a technicolor world
While you're livin' it black and white
Where we are
Is not all we are
It's the path we've run so far
Have you ever felt so alive?
You feel the blood in your veins like ice
Melting down your spine
Oh, have you fallen in love?
Felt that shiver, that shift in your soul
Crashing down like a wave
On the seaside, on the seaside, oh
Running through knee-high grass
Chasing you through fields of green and gold
Like kids we’d play until the end of the day
No fear of growing old
Hear the crash and the waves
Feel the sun on my face
Kiss the sweat off your lips, babe
Taste the salt in the air
Smell the flowers in you hair
With your fingers wrapped in mine
And where we are
Is not all we are
It's the path we've run so far
Have you ever felt so alive?
You feel the blood in your veins like ice
Melting down your spine
Oh, have you fallen in love?
Felt that shiver, that shift in your soul
Crashing down like a wave
On the seaside, on the seaside, oh
Is this all we are?
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