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.
You barely left me with the air to breathe
You took it all and now I see
The truth, see through your plastic covered lies
I'm driving through Mulholland
Wish I swerved and never fall in
Should've seen right through the gap between her thighs
Take my heart, my clothes
Take everything I own
Spend my money, spend my time
Lay me down to rest, lay me down to die
No one makes it out alive
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time (time)
Already half way dead, the way you left me
Girl, I'm half alive
Yeah, I'm half alive
And about that night
And about that night
I was super drunk
I was hella high
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time
And I'm half alive
A little bit longer, I'll be waiting
I'm a goner, fuck this fake shit
Why you let me down forever?
I wanna be honest
Girl, quit playin'
Can we try and try and save this?
Turn me to a loner
Girl, you can take my heart, my clothes
Take everything I own
Spend my money, spend my time
Lay me down to rest, lay me down to die
No one makes it out alive
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time (time)
Already half way dead, the way you left me
Girl, I'm half alive
Yeah, I'm half alive
And about that night
And about that night
I was super drunk
I was hella high
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time
And I'm half alive
Half way dead, just the way you left me
I'll be half way dead, just the way you left me
I'll be half way dead, just the way you left me
I'll be half way dead
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time (time)
Already half way dead, the way you left me
Girl, I'm half alive
Yeah, I'm half alive
And about that night
And about that night
I was super drunk
I was hella high
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time
And I'm half alive
You took it all and now I see
The truth, see through your plastic covered lies
I'm driving through Mulholland
Wish I swerved and never fall in
Should've seen right through the gap between her thighs
Take my heart, my clothes
Take everything I own
Spend my money, spend my time
Lay me down to rest, lay me down to die
No one makes it out alive
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time (time)
Already half way dead, the way you left me
Girl, I'm half alive
Yeah, I'm half alive
And about that night
And about that night
I was super drunk
I was hella high
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time
And I'm half alive
A little bit longer, I'll be waiting
I'm a goner, fuck this fake shit
Why you let me down forever?
I wanna be honest
Girl, quit playin'
Can we try and try and save this?
Turn me to a loner
Girl, you can take my heart, my clothes
Take everything I own
Spend my money, spend my time
Lay me down to rest, lay me down to die
No one makes it out alive
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time (time)
Already half way dead, the way you left me
Girl, I'm half alive
Yeah, I'm half alive
And about that night
And about that night
I was super drunk
I was hella high
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time
And I'm half alive
Half way dead, just the way you left me
I'll be half way dead, just the way you left me
I'll be half way dead, just the way you left me
I'll be half way dead
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time (time)
Already half way dead, the way you left me
Girl, I'm half alive
Yeah, I'm half alive
And about that night
And about that night
I was super drunk
I was hella high
I'm at the bar downtown
The one we used to go to all the time
And I'm half alive
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
half alive Lyrics as written by Christopher Comstock Andrew Maxwell Goldstein
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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