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've come back this morning to where I first came alive
Here within this terminal where the buses arrive
I was a commuter on the 804
Work for a computer on the 19th floor andYou came down the aisle of the bus and you sat by my side
Shoulder up to shoulder we share that 9 o clock ride
Oh, my heart was screaming as you left your seat
Followin your movements I was at your feet andOh, down into the terminal both of us smiled
So we entered the terminal just as you smiled
Won't you leave off work for today?you asked of me then
So I phoned-in-sick on the way to the home of a friend
We were all alone from to A.M. till 3
Really thought the fire had gone out of me butYou woke the sleep of my life from gray into red
Made the weary wonder of Wall Street rise from the deadCould bare held his body my entire life
But I had to get home to the kids and my life andSo I left for the terminal where I began
Baby, no, I wouldn't have left if Id been half a manSo here I am this morning where love had asked for the dance
Here within this terminal where I passed on a chance
Lord, I'll never find himr though I've truly tried
Probably he's found another bus to ride andI am now about to begin the last of my days
I'm within what others would call a terminal phase
I myself can only say it's living dead
Riding to the office with a song in my head that goes...La la la la la la la la la la
And you know it grows
La la la la la la da day
Oh, la la la la la da da
Oh, la la la la la da da....
Here within this terminal where the buses arrive
I was a commuter on the 804
Work for a computer on the 19th floor andYou came down the aisle of the bus and you sat by my side
Shoulder up to shoulder we share that 9 o clock ride
Oh, my heart was screaming as you left your seat
Followin your movements I was at your feet andOh, down into the terminal both of us smiled
So we entered the terminal just as you smiled
Won't you leave off work for today?you asked of me then
So I phoned-in-sick on the way to the home of a friend
We were all alone from to A.M. till 3
Really thought the fire had gone out of me butYou woke the sleep of my life from gray into red
Made the weary wonder of Wall Street rise from the deadCould bare held his body my entire life
But I had to get home to the kids and my life andSo I left for the terminal where I began
Baby, no, I wouldn't have left if Id been half a manSo here I am this morning where love had asked for the dance
Here within this terminal where I passed on a chance
Lord, I'll never find himr though I've truly tried
Probably he's found another bus to ride andI am now about to begin the last of my days
I'm within what others would call a terminal phase
I myself can only say it's living dead
Riding to the office with a song in my head that goes...La la la la la la la la la la
And you know it grows
La la la la la la da day
Oh, la la la la la da da
Oh, la la la la la da da....
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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