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.
24, staring in your face like it's the front of the door
I know right now is hard 'cause this all feels like a chore
I don't want this as a job help me find something more
I cannot tell the ceiling from the floor
Is this really what you want?
Swear I never meant to haunt
All I ever do is taunt
Couldn't handle how you flaunt
Now it's quiet on the front
Has been for so many months
Now it's wild to remember
I was in love with you once
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now, upside down
Let me go, cut the leash before
I lose us in a bad undertow
Have to channel how you made me feel
To play every show
Make my snide suggestions
About the things I don't know
I will not catch a feeling I'll just float
All that time across the pond
All this resin in my lungs
No more room to shoulder on
Am I even having fun?
Colin's sleeping with his gun
Scott is looking for the one
Mertz is going by Ryan
Now that we've all had our run
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now, upside down
Carry baggage I can't put down
Every show, every night, every town
Carry baggage I can't put down
Every show, every night, every town
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now (It's all love now), upside down (upside down)
It's all love now (It's all love now), upside down (upside down)
I know right now is hard 'cause this all feels like a chore
I don't want this as a job help me find something more
I cannot tell the ceiling from the floor
Is this really what you want?
Swear I never meant to haunt
All I ever do is taunt
Couldn't handle how you flaunt
Now it's quiet on the front
Has been for so many months
Now it's wild to remember
I was in love with you once
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now, upside down
Let me go, cut the leash before
I lose us in a bad undertow
Have to channel how you made me feel
To play every show
Make my snide suggestions
About the things I don't know
I will not catch a feeling I'll just float
All that time across the pond
All this resin in my lungs
No more room to shoulder on
Am I even having fun?
Colin's sleeping with his gun
Scott is looking for the one
Mertz is going by Ryan
Now that we've all had our run
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now, upside down
Carry baggage I can't put down
Every show, every night, every town
Carry baggage I can't put down
Every show, every night, every town
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now, upside down
It's all love now (It's all love now), upside down (upside down)
It's all love now (It's all love now), upside down (upside down)
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