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.
Clothes that I don’t need in my closet
Why do I even keep them
Don’t even fit me if I’m honest
They know all of my secrets
Through all of the changes they’ve seen me naked
All of the faces of guys that I’ve dated
Why do I hold ‘em like they’ll know if I throw them away
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental Ahh ah ah ah ah
Like I’m losing my potential
Everything’s so monumental
Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I dyed my hair red like the roses
To reinvent the details
Keep ‘em underneath my bed like you never left
All the things you said in the voicemails
Through all of the phases they hear me praying
Wish I could change but I still feel the same
Holding me back to live in the past
It makes it worse cause I know that it’s bad
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental Ahh ah ah ah ah
Like I’m losing my potential
Everything’s so monumental
Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
Through all of the changes they’ve seen me naked
The faces of guys that I’ve dated
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental
Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental
Why do I even keep them
Don’t even fit me if I’m honest
They know all of my secrets
Through all of the changes they’ve seen me naked
All of the faces of guys that I’ve dated
Why do I hold ‘em like they’ll know if I throw them away
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental Ahh ah ah ah ah
Like I’m losing my potential
Everything’s so monumental
Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I dyed my hair red like the roses
To reinvent the details
Keep ‘em underneath my bed like you never left
All the things you said in the voicemails
Through all of the phases they hear me praying
Wish I could change but I still feel the same
Holding me back to live in the past
It makes it worse cause I know that it’s bad
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental Ahh ah ah ah ah
Like I’m losing my potential
Everything’s so monumental
Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
I’m too I’m too sentimental
Through all of the changes they’ve seen me naked
The faces of guys that I’ve dated
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental
Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental I’m too I’m too sentimental Gotta lose some to win some
If I wanna find somebody new
But I’m too
Ahh ah ah ah ah
I’m too I’m too sentimental
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