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.
Show your teeth, show your teeth
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
Even when I feel the night going slow
You find a way to get your words to me
And I just try to block it all out
'Cause "Let it go" is all that you say to me
So can you say something stronger now?
Say what I need?
Could you say that you're sorry now?
In the tongue that you keep speaking
But you could find a halo
And it wouldn't change a thing
What the hell do you know?
"Let it go" is all that you say to me
Show your teeth, show your teeth
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
So just find me alone instead
Count all the days I spend
Breaking the bones I bend
The feeling is real but the smile, the smile is fake
And now your empathy seems reserved for someone else
And though it hurts to say
I miss the way you made me see myself
But I've watched your gaze decay away
Into an empty stare
And even though you understand me still
It doesn't mean you care
And you could find a halo
And it wouldn't change a thing
And what the hell do you know?
"Let it go" is all that you say to me
Show your teeth, show your teeth
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
So just find me alone instead
Count all the days I spend
Breaking the bones I bend
The feeling is real but the smile, the smile is fake
The smile is faker
The future is bleaker
I'm running out of things to hold on to
Your face in the moment is all that I see and
I hate the way I feel when I'm with you
'Cause the world keeps spinning and you keep saying
That I should just cover up and I'm sick of it
Show your teeth, show your teeth
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
So just find me alone instead
Count all the days I spend
Breaking the bones I bend
The feeling is real but the smile, the smile is fake
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
Even when I feel the night going slow
You find a way to get your words to me
And I just try to block it all out
'Cause "Let it go" is all that you say to me
So can you say something stronger now?
Say what I need?
Could you say that you're sorry now?
In the tongue that you keep speaking
But you could find a halo
And it wouldn't change a thing
What the hell do you know?
"Let it go" is all that you say to me
Show your teeth, show your teeth
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
So just find me alone instead
Count all the days I spend
Breaking the bones I bend
The feeling is real but the smile, the smile is fake
And now your empathy seems reserved for someone else
And though it hurts to say
I miss the way you made me see myself
But I've watched your gaze decay away
Into an empty stare
And even though you understand me still
It doesn't mean you care
And you could find a halo
And it wouldn't change a thing
And what the hell do you know?
"Let it go" is all that you say to me
Show your teeth, show your teeth
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
So just find me alone instead
Count all the days I spend
Breaking the bones I bend
The feeling is real but the smile, the smile is fake
The smile is faker
The future is bleaker
I'm running out of things to hold on to
Your face in the moment is all that I see and
I hate the way I feel when I'm with you
'Cause the world keeps spinning and you keep saying
That I should just cover up and I'm sick of it
Show your teeth, show your teeth
They can all look but they won't see
You're the only one
Who knows where to find me
So just find me alone instead
Count all the days I spend
Breaking the bones I bend
The feeling is real but the smile, the smile is fake
Lyrics submitted by BreezyDragon
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