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.
[Verse 1: Cise Star]
Look at this. Someone to let in the light through
Who is you? A apparition of real news (real news)
Just give me a frame and place me on the wall
Are we all just an idea drawn in downfall?
I and I exist but do you really see?
What I really am or just what I project to be?
Maybe both at once or nothing after all
Higher laws govern the physical but the choice is ours
A love supreme fabricated the world?
Or the chicken and the egg appear from nothing I observe?
Who's on first? Intelligence or knowledge?
Are we really smarter than our forefathers or just harder? (just harder)
So what are you? A man, monkey, or sinner?
Product of evolution or dust of God's finger?
Many labels are bound to fire wars
And layers adjacent to being right are just because
[Verse 2: Cise Star]
So what are you? A thug, nerd, or player?
Dope boy? A rapper? Hood nigga? A fan of NASCAR?
Anorexic chick to fat slob
Lazy motherfucker to a dictator who runs it all
We all connected with imperfections
Where I ends, you begin so let's join the guest list (preach)
We wish for better like broken beggars in a love vendetta
With hurts, so we curse together (go on)
You offered me. We rose from seas and conquered trees
And now upright we be (uh-huh)
And on the flip side, if you believe we made from heat
And seven. Then we fell to our knees (amen)
From listening to snakes, this is the human race
And I love you, baby—for real, we some David apes
And not for shoes, but I won't refuse a free pair
Live ain't no crystal stair
It goes (it goes) it goes (it goes) it goes
[Verse 3: Cise Star]
Too cool for school—we made to lose
Paid your dues. It don't matter—yes, you're screwed in this
Bullshit, honey, life for dummies, the rich, the slumming
The pickle in my thumbs is scumming, so duck
Get it together, man, like seams in good leather
Nigga, we so blind and so cold—the lord knows
Young and dumb, stereo blasting, catching the fireflies
With race-faced disaster, yelling, "Go!"
Fire wars are bound to hurt us over-easy
Believe me. There is no rest for the needy (uh-uh)
Hedgehog dilemma. Hell yeah, my nigga
The closer we get, the more we want to point fingers
Dance to the sun and gaze at the moon
‘Cause all of God's children got traveling shoes
Dance at the sun and gaze to the moon
‘Cause all of God's children got traveling shoes
[Verse 4: Cise Star]
Development arrested. Living so hectic
Every minute fuzzy, so the day's so restless
Can't complicate it. Reality’s suspended
You laughing at the kid, but the boy stay gifted
Clash of the Titans—a hero and a misfit
Everyday is Shawshank Redemption
Married to addiction
Chained like a slave to the fixes
One more hit and bear witness
[Outro]
Humans cannot create from nothingness
Humans cannot accomplish anything without holding on to something
Humans are not gods
Look at this. Someone to let in the light through
Who is you? A apparition of real news (real news)
Just give me a frame and place me on the wall
Are we all just an idea drawn in downfall?
I and I exist but do you really see?
What I really am or just what I project to be?
Maybe both at once or nothing after all
Higher laws govern the physical but the choice is ours
A love supreme fabricated the world?
Or the chicken and the egg appear from nothing I observe?
Who's on first? Intelligence or knowledge?
Are we really smarter than our forefathers or just harder? (just harder)
So what are you? A man, monkey, or sinner?
Product of evolution or dust of God's finger?
Many labels are bound to fire wars
And layers adjacent to being right are just because
[Verse 2: Cise Star]
So what are you? A thug, nerd, or player?
Dope boy? A rapper? Hood nigga? A fan of NASCAR?
Anorexic chick to fat slob
Lazy motherfucker to a dictator who runs it all
We all connected with imperfections
Where I ends, you begin so let's join the guest list (preach)
We wish for better like broken beggars in a love vendetta
With hurts, so we curse together (go on)
You offered me. We rose from seas and conquered trees
And now upright we be (uh-huh)
And on the flip side, if you believe we made from heat
And seven. Then we fell to our knees (amen)
From listening to snakes, this is the human race
And I love you, baby—for real, we some David apes
And not for shoes, but I won't refuse a free pair
Live ain't no crystal stair
It goes (it goes) it goes (it goes) it goes
[Verse 3: Cise Star]
Too cool for school—we made to lose
Paid your dues. It don't matter—yes, you're screwed in this
Bullshit, honey, life for dummies, the rich, the slumming
The pickle in my thumbs is scumming, so duck
Get it together, man, like seams in good leather
Nigga, we so blind and so cold—the lord knows
Young and dumb, stereo blasting, catching the fireflies
With race-faced disaster, yelling, "Go!"
Fire wars are bound to hurt us over-easy
Believe me. There is no rest for the needy (uh-uh)
Hedgehog dilemma. Hell yeah, my nigga
The closer we get, the more we want to point fingers
Dance to the sun and gaze at the moon
‘Cause all of God's children got traveling shoes
Dance at the sun and gaze to the moon
‘Cause all of God's children got traveling shoes
[Verse 4: Cise Star]
Development arrested. Living so hectic
Every minute fuzzy, so the day's so restless
Can't complicate it. Reality’s suspended
You laughing at the kid, but the boy stay gifted
Clash of the Titans—a hero and a misfit
Everyday is Shawshank Redemption
Married to addiction
Chained like a slave to the fixes
One more hit and bear witness
[Outro]
Humans cannot create from nothingness
Humans cannot accomplish anything without holding on to something
Humans are not gods
Lyrics submitted by CloudEater
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