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.
Yeah
Today is gonna be the day
That they throw it all back to you
And by now
You should have somehow realised what you have to do
The world keeps on turning round
Bridges keep burning down
Nobody can hear you now
No matter how loud you shout
Sitting in total silence
Totally lost, no guidance
You don't call no more
Nobody can find ya
Nobody can find the time like they lost their watch
They find it hard to think you went soft
I'll find an architect type, promise that I'll make sure
He puts the building blocks in place
To start rebuilding, we've been broken since children
They keep telling me that we're only human
I don't do no silly excuses
Nobody wins we're losing
So violent and abusive
It's all battle, scars and bruises
'Cause what really
The sun shines down on me, on me, on me
And breaks my ties you'll see, you'll see, you'll see
That angel's eyes, they bleed
This life, I chose
My open wounds they show that
Memory lane is like a winding road
Today was gonna be the day
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
I just want you to know that I love you
It's a cruel world outside but
I need you to know that I got you
Such a forgetful place and
I don't want them to forget you
Hard times have arrived and
I wanna make sure that we get through
I look into your eyes sometimes
All I can see is emptiness, no resemblance, no more fire
Or anything similar
When did the winter get to us, I'll go blind
Looking at a light so bright
But if I can find my way
Then I'll come back for you and I'll make it right
I wanna say something but I don't know how
I gotta keep it moving, I can't turn 'round
How did David make Goliath fall down?
What's the king if the king has lost its crown?
Today is our day
We ain't running away
But the night was so long that
Today is the day that we break off our chains?
When the sun shines down on me, on me, on me
And breaks my ties you'll see, you'll see, you'll see
That angel's eyes, they bleed, this life I chose
My open wounds they show
That memory lane is like a winding road
Like a winding road
Memory lane is like a winding road
Like a winding road
Memory lane is like a winding road
Today is gonna be the day
That they throw it all back to you
And by now
You should have somehow realised what you have to do
The world keeps on turning round
Bridges keep burning down
Nobody can hear you now
No matter how loud you shout
Sitting in total silence
Totally lost, no guidance
You don't call no more
Nobody can find ya
Nobody can find the time like they lost their watch
They find it hard to think you went soft
I'll find an architect type, promise that I'll make sure
He puts the building blocks in place
To start rebuilding, we've been broken since children
They keep telling me that we're only human
I don't do no silly excuses
Nobody wins we're losing
So violent and abusive
It's all battle, scars and bruises
'Cause what really
The sun shines down on me, on me, on me
And breaks my ties you'll see, you'll see, you'll see
That angel's eyes, they bleed
This life, I chose
My open wounds they show that
Memory lane is like a winding road
Today was gonna be the day
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
I just want you to know that I love you
It's a cruel world outside but
I need you to know that I got you
Such a forgetful place and
I don't want them to forget you
Hard times have arrived and
I wanna make sure that we get through
I look into your eyes sometimes
All I can see is emptiness, no resemblance, no more fire
Or anything similar
When did the winter get to us, I'll go blind
Looking at a light so bright
But if I can find my way
Then I'll come back for you and I'll make it right
I wanna say something but I don't know how
I gotta keep it moving, I can't turn 'round
How did David make Goliath fall down?
What's the king if the king has lost its crown?
Today is our day
We ain't running away
But the night was so long that
Today is the day that we break off our chains?
When the sun shines down on me, on me, on me
And breaks my ties you'll see, you'll see, you'll see
That angel's eyes, they bleed, this life I chose
My open wounds they show
That memory lane is like a winding road
Like a winding road
Memory lane is like a winding road
Like a winding road
Memory lane is like a winding road
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