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.
[Indecipherable backing vocals throughout]
This is when your life plan
Slips through your shaky hands
Left for dead in a motel by Uncle Sam
Know that time's marching
Laying low, they knocking
He's a battering ram, damn
His stomach's droppin'
Swallowed whole by imposters and monsters
The logical ousts run drugs and coffins
The true holy trinity
American identity
Amongst shooting stars
That burn before divinity
Viciously this industry
Consistently and dismally
Soul sucks, corrupts, and juts these kids woefully
Except to left, a floating burning bush
Providing me the energy to push
This is where what you love
Ain't what you love to do
I ain't gonna give it all up this time gonna see it through
Yeah, I want to get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I'm gonna get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I wanna sit then unpack my dirty laundry
Claiming to the song the wastelands beyond me
With the cold rain, Novocaine zombies
'Til the beat of this and emptiness cause me
Show me sparks, show me lightning bolts
Pull the lever, forever, until the day a muscle jolts
And if the brain still functions I will dust it
Troopy loopy with the darkness all busted
I'll take it back, a remote view, with any hope
To crushing goggles of facets of life models
I'm the architect
Meeki loso solego you how
My strut is untouchable
This is where what you love
Ain't what you love to do
I ain't gonna give it all up this time gonna see it through
Yeah, I want to get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I'm gonna get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn (I'll wait by. Gotta keep waiting for you to the end)
I said good, good bye midnight burn (I'll wait by. Gotta keep waiting)
This is when your life plan
Slips through your shaky hands
Left for dead in a motel by Uncle Sam
Know that time's marching
Laying low, they knocking
He's a battering ram, damn
His stomach's droppin'
Swallowed whole by imposters and monsters
The logical ousts run drugs and coffins
The true holy trinity
American identity
Amongst shooting stars
That burn before divinity
Viciously this industry
Consistently and dismally
Soul sucks, corrupts, and juts these kids woefully
Except to left, a floating burning bush
Providing me the energy to push
This is where what you love
Ain't what you love to do
I ain't gonna give it all up this time gonna see it through
Yeah, I want to get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I'm gonna get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I wanna sit then unpack my dirty laundry
Claiming to the song the wastelands beyond me
With the cold rain, Novocaine zombies
'Til the beat of this and emptiness cause me
Show me sparks, show me lightning bolts
Pull the lever, forever, until the day a muscle jolts
And if the brain still functions I will dust it
Troopy loopy with the darkness all busted
I'll take it back, a remote view, with any hope
To crushing goggles of facets of life models
I'm the architect
Meeki loso solego you how
My strut is untouchable
This is where what you love
Ain't what you love to do
I ain't gonna give it all up this time gonna see it through
Yeah, I want to get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I'm gonna get my shit together
Cuz I owe it to you
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn
I said good, good bye midnight burn (I'll wait by. Gotta keep waiting for you to the end)
I said good, good bye midnight burn (I'll wait by. Gotta keep waiting)
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