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.
Right
Luminous inside
I am diving to drown in you
The stripes, your eyes, your voice, the night
We're young enough
To believe it should hurt this much
The stripes, your eyes, I always wanted to try
Right
Luminous inside
I am diving to drown in you
The stripes, your eyes, your voice, the night
Home
All the lights turned on
Do you remember running barefoot against the dark?
I elected to drown in you
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
Feast for eyes, almost too alive
From gigantic down to the floor to sweat it out
Panicked, exploding
The headlights below us
I had to outgrow it, to know or destroy you
Right
Keep me up all night
Every void 'til the afterlife
It's just the way your hair hangs in your face makes me wanna die
So come home
With the lights turned on
Do you remember running barefoot against the dark?
I elected to drown in you
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
I could never get in, I could never get back
He is full of the worst and he looks it
Whether under water or under me
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
Wasted, shy
Almost too alive
From gigantic down to the floor to sweat it out
Nobody knows you, the weight of your trust
How I crushed and consumed you and loved you too much
Feast for eyes
How I changed your mind, but
Who am I if I don't have you now?
Nobody knows you
The fate of a crush
How I had to consume and destroy us
We're young enough
To believe it should hurt this much
Do you remember running barefoot against me?
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
We're young enough
Luminous inside
I am diving to drown in you
The stripes, your eyes, your voice, the night
We're young enough
To believe it should hurt this much
The stripes, your eyes, I always wanted to try
Right
Luminous inside
I am diving to drown in you
The stripes, your eyes, your voice, the night
Home
All the lights turned on
Do you remember running barefoot against the dark?
I elected to drown in you
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
Feast for eyes, almost too alive
From gigantic down to the floor to sweat it out
Panicked, exploding
The headlights below us
I had to outgrow it, to know or destroy you
Right
Keep me up all night
Every void 'til the afterlife
It's just the way your hair hangs in your face makes me wanna die
So come home
With the lights turned on
Do you remember running barefoot against the dark?
I elected to drown in you
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
I could never get in, I could never get back
He is full of the worst and he looks it
Whether under water or under me
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
Wasted, shy
Almost too alive
From gigantic down to the floor to sweat it out
Nobody knows you, the weight of your trust
How I crushed and consumed you and loved you too much
Feast for eyes
How I changed your mind, but
Who am I if I don't have you now?
Nobody knows you
The fate of a crush
How I had to consume and destroy us
We're young enough
To believe it should hurt this much
Do you remember running barefoot against me?
And when the sidewalk ripped up our frozen feet
I can't protect you now if I couldn't save you then
You were still just a kid
You're a beautiful boy
Crushing cigarettes just to prove a point
We're young enough
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