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.
You seem to replace
Your brain with your heart
You take things so hard
And then you fall apart
You try to explain
But before you can start
Those cry baby tears
Come out of the dark
Someone's turning the handle
To that faucet in your eyes
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
Your heart's too big for your body
That's why it won't fit inside
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
They call you cry baby
Cry baby
But you don't fucking care
Cry baby, cry baby
So you laugh through your tears
Cry baby, cry baby
'Cause you don't fucking care
Tears fall to the ground
You just let them drop
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You're all on your own
And you lost all your friends
You told yourself that it's not you, it's them
You're one of a kind
And no one understands
But those cry baby tears keep coming back again
Someone's turning the handle
To that faucet in your eyes
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
Your heart's too big for your body
That's why it won't fit inside
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
They call you cry baby, cry baby
But you don't fucking care
Cry baby, cry baby
So you laugh through your tears
Cry baby, cry baby
'Cause you don't fucking care
Tears fall to the ground
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
I look at you and I see myself
And I know you better than anyone else
And I have the same faucet in my eyes
So your tears are mine
They call me cry baby, cry baby
But I don't fucking care
Cry baby, cry baby
I laugh through my tears
Cry baby, cry baby
'Cause I don't fucking care
Tears fall to the ground
I just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
I just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
I just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
Your brain with your heart
You take things so hard
And then you fall apart
You try to explain
But before you can start
Those cry baby tears
Come out of the dark
Someone's turning the handle
To that faucet in your eyes
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
Your heart's too big for your body
That's why it won't fit inside
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
They call you cry baby
Cry baby
But you don't fucking care
Cry baby, cry baby
So you laugh through your tears
Cry baby, cry baby
'Cause you don't fucking care
Tears fall to the ground
You just let them drop
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You're all on your own
And you lost all your friends
You told yourself that it's not you, it's them
You're one of a kind
And no one understands
But those cry baby tears keep coming back again
Someone's turning the handle
To that faucet in your eyes
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
Your heart's too big for your body
That's why it won't fit inside
You pour it out
Where everyone can see
They call you cry baby, cry baby
But you don't fucking care
Cry baby, cry baby
So you laugh through your tears
Cry baby, cry baby
'Cause you don't fucking care
Tears fall to the ground
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
I look at you and I see myself
And I know you better than anyone else
And I have the same faucet in my eyes
So your tears are mine
They call me cry baby, cry baby
But I don't fucking care
Cry baby, cry baby
I laugh through my tears
Cry baby, cry baby
'Cause I don't fucking care
Tears fall to the ground
I just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
I just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
I just let them drop
Cry baby, cry baby
You just let them drop
Lyrics submitted by musicmayo
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