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.
Stars falling from the sky
Buildings burning all the time
Tall rivers running wild
Stretching out for miles and miles
I think I heard a good man say
God is love and love has made us
But have you seen the news today
I have and I think God is gone away
If he was ever there anyway
‘Cause anyone who tells you they
Were born good is lying
We're just born and we are dying
And I know it's been said but
Mothers be good to your daughters
And then they're older sons be
Good to your fathers this is all we have
This is all we are
Blood and bones no Holy Ghost
Empty from the start
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do that would save me
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do but lately i don't mind
‘Cause I've been finding
The only thing worth loving more
Than me is loving you
You get stuck staring at the past
You get stuck looking at the
Future through a looking glass
Time is gone when time was slow
This time is all you have and now
It's gone but now you know
And I hope you save a picture of me in your
Pocket when I'm gone away
And I will do the same for you
To truly love someone is the closest
I have come to truth
This is all we have this is all we are
Blood and bones no Holy Ghost
Empty from the start
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do that would save me
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do but lately i don't mind
‘Cause I've been finding
The only thing worth loving more
Than me is loving you
Buildings burning all the time
Tall rivers running wild
Stretching out for miles and miles
I think I heard a good man say
God is love and love has made us
But have you seen the news today
I have and I think God is gone away
If he was ever there anyway
‘Cause anyone who tells you they
Were born good is lying
We're just born and we are dying
And I know it's been said but
Mothers be good to your daughters
And then they're older sons be
Good to your fathers this is all we have
This is all we are
Blood and bones no Holy Ghost
Empty from the start
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do that would save me
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do but lately i don't mind
‘Cause I've been finding
The only thing worth loving more
Than me is loving you
You get stuck staring at the past
You get stuck looking at the
Future through a looking glass
Time is gone when time was slow
This time is all you have and now
It's gone but now you know
And I hope you save a picture of me in your
Pocket when I'm gone away
And I will do the same for you
To truly love someone is the closest
I have come to truth
This is all we have this is all we are
Blood and bones no Holy Ghost
Empty from the start
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do that would save me
There's nothing you can do honey
Nothing you can do but lately i don't mind
‘Cause I've been finding
The only thing worth loving more
Than me is loving you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Empty from the Start Lyrics as written by Noah Gundersen
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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