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.
My tear duct clogged
My left eye broken
Medicate with warm compress
Extract hardened tears
Sue me, sue me, sue me, all you want
I won't, I won't denounce her origin
Sue me, sue me, sue me, all you want
I won't, I won't denounce ourorigin
I've ducked and dived
Like the mother in Solomon's Tale
To spare our girl
I won't let her get cut in half ever
But it's time to teach her some dignity
Sue me, sue me, sue me, all you want
I won't, I won't denounce our origin
Sue me, sue me, sue me, sue me
I won't, I won't denounce our origin (no I won't)
Who took it from his father
Who took it from his father
Who took it from his father
Let's break this curse
So it won't fall on our daughter
And her daughter
And her daughter
Won't let this sink into her DNA
Sue me, sue me, sue me, sue me all you want
I won't, I won't let you denounce our origin
Sue me, sue me, sue me
Denounce our origin
No I won't
Can't take her suffer
It's so unfair
The things of the father
They've just fucked it all up
They've fucked it all up (We had the best family)
We had it all
We had it all in our hands
He just pulled us through the wringer
Narcissistic
My left eye broken
Medicate with warm compress
Extract hardened tears
Sue me, sue me, sue me, all you want
I won't, I won't denounce her origin
Sue me, sue me, sue me, all you want
I won't, I won't denounce ourorigin
I've ducked and dived
Like the mother in Solomon's Tale
To spare our girl
I won't let her get cut in half ever
But it's time to teach her some dignity
Sue me, sue me, sue me, all you want
I won't, I won't denounce our origin
Sue me, sue me, sue me, sue me
I won't, I won't denounce our origin (no I won't)
Who took it from his father
Who took it from his father
Who took it from his father
Let's break this curse
So it won't fall on our daughter
And her daughter
And her daughter
Won't let this sink into her DNA
Sue me, sue me, sue me, sue me all you want
I won't, I won't let you denounce our origin
Sue me, sue me, sue me
Denounce our origin
No I won't
Can't take her suffer
It's so unfair
The things of the father
They've just fucked it all up
They've fucked it all up (We had the best family)
We had it all
We had it all in our hands
He just pulled us through the wringer
Narcissistic
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Sue Me Lyrics as written by Alejandro Ghersi Bjork Guomundsdottir
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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