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 you alright?
I'm alright
I'm quite alright
And my money's right
(8) yeah
Countin' them bands all way to the top 'til they be fallin' over
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Countin' them bands all the way to the top 'til we fallin' over
I don't really care if you cry
On the real, you shoulda never lied
Shoulda saw the way she looked me in my eyes
She said, "Baby, I am not afraid to die"
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
Phantom that's all red
Inside all white
Like something you ride a sled down
I just want that head
My Brittany got mad
I'm barely her man now
Everybody got the same swag now
Watch the way that I tear it down
Stackin' my bands all the way to the top
All the way 'til my bands fallin' over
Every time that you leave your spot
Your girlfriend call me like, "Come on over"
I like the way that she treat me
Gon' leave you, won't leave me, I call it that Casanova
She said I'm insane, yeah
I might blow my brain out (hey)
Xanny help the pain, yeah
Please, Xanny, make it go away
I'm committed, not addicted, but it keep control of me
All the pain, now I can't feel it
I swear that it's slowing me, yeah
I don't really care if you cry
On the real, you shoulda never lied
Saw the way she looked me in my eyes
She said, "I am not afraid to die" (yeah)
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge (yeah)
All my friends are dead (yeah, ooh)
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead, yeah
All my friends are dead, yeah
That is not your swag, I swear you fake hard
Now these niggas wanna take my cadence
Rain on, thunderstorm, rain on (oh yeah)
Medicine, lil' nigga, take some (yeah-yeah)
Fast car, NASCAR, race on
In the club they got no ones, then we would beg them
Clothes from overseas
Got the racks and they all C-Notes, you is not a G though
Lookin' at you stackin' up your money, it all green though
I was countin' that and these all twenties, that's a G-roll
She say
"You're the worst, you're the worst"
I cannot die because this my universe
I don't really care if you cry
On the real, you shoulda never lied
Shoulda saw the way she looked me in my eyes
She said, "Baby, I am not afraid to die"
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
I'm alright
I'm quite alright
And my money's right
(8) yeah
Countin' them bands all way to the top 'til they be fallin' over
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Countin' them bands all the way to the top 'til we fallin' over
I don't really care if you cry
On the real, you shoulda never lied
Shoulda saw the way she looked me in my eyes
She said, "Baby, I am not afraid to die"
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
Phantom that's all red
Inside all white
Like something you ride a sled down
I just want that head
My Brittany got mad
I'm barely her man now
Everybody got the same swag now
Watch the way that I tear it down
Stackin' my bands all the way to the top
All the way 'til my bands fallin' over
Every time that you leave your spot
Your girlfriend call me like, "Come on over"
I like the way that she treat me
Gon' leave you, won't leave me, I call it that Casanova
She said I'm insane, yeah
I might blow my brain out (hey)
Xanny help the pain, yeah
Please, Xanny, make it go away
I'm committed, not addicted, but it keep control of me
All the pain, now I can't feel it
I swear that it's slowing me, yeah
I don't really care if you cry
On the real, you shoulda never lied
Saw the way she looked me in my eyes
She said, "I am not afraid to die" (yeah)
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge (yeah)
All my friends are dead (yeah, ooh)
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead, yeah
All my friends are dead, yeah
That is not your swag, I swear you fake hard
Now these niggas wanna take my cadence
Rain on, thunderstorm, rain on (oh yeah)
Medicine, lil' nigga, take some (yeah-yeah)
Fast car, NASCAR, race on
In the club they got no ones, then we would beg them
Clothes from overseas
Got the racks and they all C-Notes, you is not a G though
Lookin' at you stackin' up your money, it all green though
I was countin' that and these all twenties, that's a G-roll
She say
"You're the worst, you're the worst"
I cannot die because this my universe
I don't really care if you cry
On the real, you shoulda never lied
Shoulda saw the way she looked me in my eyes
She said, "Baby, I am not afraid to die"
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
All my friends are dead
Push me to the edge
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by justin1058
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