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.
First words you say in tears
complaining how I'm never near
I know I'm lost sometimes
cause I'm grounded in my mind
it's like this, it's like this all the time
first I say you're ok then I go my way
and you're desperate, so desperate when you're down
Here I stand, take my hand
and I'll try to understand you right
understand you right in the best way that I can
cause after all I am your friend
Last words you scream to me
you don't expect too much of me
cause I could give you anything if I just could be myself
It's like that, it's like that that all the time
first I say that you're ok then I go my way again
you're so desperate, you're so desperate but still mine
Here I stand, take my hand
and I'll try to understand you right
understand you right in the best way that I can
cause after all I am your friend
Now the girl is working, now the girl feels fine
now the girl is working, and I am the one who feels down
yeah the girl is working, yeah the girl is right
but if she'll be working until the end of time
And I hope that she will understand me then
in the best way that she can
cause after all I'm her friend
And I hope that she will understand me then
in the best way that she can
cause after all I am her friend until the end
complaining how I'm never near
I know I'm lost sometimes
cause I'm grounded in my mind
it's like this, it's like this all the time
first I say you're ok then I go my way
and you're desperate, so desperate when you're down
Here I stand, take my hand
and I'll try to understand you right
understand you right in the best way that I can
cause after all I am your friend
Last words you scream to me
you don't expect too much of me
cause I could give you anything if I just could be myself
It's like that, it's like that that all the time
first I say that you're ok then I go my way again
you're so desperate, you're so desperate but still mine
Here I stand, take my hand
and I'll try to understand you right
understand you right in the best way that I can
cause after all I am your friend
Now the girl is working, now the girl feels fine
now the girl is working, and I am the one who feels down
yeah the girl is working, yeah the girl is right
but if she'll be working until the end of time
And I hope that she will understand me then
in the best way that she can
cause after all I'm her friend
And I hope that she will understand me then
in the best way that she can
cause after all I am her friend until the end
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