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.
I'm taking a ride off to one side
It is a personal thing
Where?
When I can't stand
Up in this cage I'm not regretting
I don't need a better thing
I'd settle for less
It's another thing for me
I just have to wander through this world
Alone
Stop before you fall
Into the hole that I have dug here
Rest even as you
Are starting to feel the way I used to
I don't need a better thing
(Just to sound confused)
Don't talk about everyone
I am not amused by you
I'm gonna lose you
Yeah I'm gonna lose you
If I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna lose you,
Yeah I'm gonna lose you
If I'm gonna lose you
I'll lose you now for good
It is a personal thing
Where?
When I can't stand
Up in this cage I'm not regretting
I don't need a better thing
I'd settle for less
It's another thing for me
I just have to wander through this world
Alone
Stop before you fall
Into the hole that I have dug here
Rest even as you
Are starting to feel the way I used to
I don't need a better thing
(Just to sound confused)
Don't talk about everyone
I am not amused by you
I'm gonna lose you
Yeah I'm gonna lose you
If I'm gonna lose you
I'm gonna lose you,
Yeah I'm gonna lose you
If I'm gonna lose you
I'll lose you now for good
Lyrics submitted by GSleazeBag
Lose You Lyrics as written by Peter J. Yorn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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After a long time of searching I finally found it. Yes its from Whose Line Is It Anyways. Episode 105. Originally Aired September 2, 1998 They are playing a game called "Let's Make A Date" Karen is the woman asking questions to Ryan who is a parrot.
This is what it says in the beginning
Karen Maruyama: What's your idea of a really fun afternoon, daytime kinda date?
Ryan Stiles: Oh, I'd just like to, you know, spend some time with you, I think that's the main thing. You seem like kind of a hard egg but I think I could crack you. Cracker? Cracker? Cracker?
Karen Maruyama: God, you're...I can't wait to get back to you! Bachelor #1, what's your favourite colour and why?
At the end of the song This part is a few seconds before the first part above in the same game "Lets Make A Date: Brad is playing an amish man
This is what it says in the end.
Karen Maruyama: Hi, bachelor #1, I'm a really fun-loving person. If you were a Mac lipstick colour, what would you be?
Brad Sherwood: I would be brown like the earth. A good solid earth tone, but you shouldn't wear so much make-up, you harpy.
Karen Maruyama: You're funny! You use big words.
@ruben Hi. I know, it's been like 16 years but I have to know something.<br /> <br /> At the 20 seconds mark, you hear a scream that says "Kutner!"<br /> <br /> I'm wondering if this was added in or was part of the original song. <br /> <br /> It's because this song was used for HOUSE MD season 5, when a fellow doctor named Kutner died by suicide.
Oh, and the episode aired on November 2009.
@ruben I looked up the episode, and found that it did say "God, you're..." but in a distorted, boosted bass form.
@ruben, thank you for finding this. It makes the song so much better now that I know all the words, including the distorted ones.<br /> <br /> With writes,<br /> <br /> -Andy Ruffett
I think in this song Pete is separating himself from his friend because he has to work on some personal things that are best worked out alone. His friend is trying to help him out but Pete tells him to stop or he will "feel the way I used to". And by making this choice Pete knows he is losing his friend.
I just realized that the talking in the background is from the show Whose Line is it anyway
Control is one of the biggest illusions, we have the least control over other people and how they feel. Sometimes I feel so helpless having to just sit back and watch my friends deteriorate even though I would do anything for them. But there are somethings you just can't do. I what it comes down to is that I am going to lose them, I'm going to lose them all.
It's about a deeply depressed person telling his loved ones that it's not there fault before he commits suicide and saying a final goodbye, before everyone he loves leaves him.
I agree with you. My interpretation was similar. I also take it to mean he's speaking to himself as well. He's losing himself and can't tell if he gives a shit about it. I'm going through allot of internal hell and this song really speaks to me. It's beautiful
makes me think of the phrase watching a train wreck in slow motion
i wasnt ready for college when i graduated high school. some things happened and i wasn't in a healthy state of mind when i left home for school, hundreds of miles away from my family and friends. suicidal thought and depression were not as unusual as i would have preferred. and when you have so many expectations on you its like all you can do is hold on. after four long years i knew that all i was doing was just digging my hole deeper and deeper. it was scary when i told my family and friends back home that i wouldn't be graduating, and yes there were some sighs and looks of disappointment, but at that point i couldn't care less. it might be selfish but for the first time in years i was free. i lost friends from it but now i realize that those people were never friends to begin with if your friendship hinged entirely on expectancies instead of anything meaningful. i feel so much better now and its like instead of failure or defeat i've simply closed an ugly chapter in my life. i like where i'm at now. i have my family and friends and an okay 40hr a week job but that doesn't matter. i'm happy and i feel better. when i wake up there isn't this pressure on my shoulders and this hollowing feeling in my gut. i wake up and i'm smiling. when i'm ready i will go back because an education is important. until then i'll settle for less =}
good song
I am absolutley in love with this song and Pete Yorn as an artist. Whenever i listen to it, it's usually when things with me and my best friend arent going so well....when i'm afraid i'll lose him now for good
I am absolutley in love with this song and Pete Yorn as an artist. Whenever i listen to it, it's usually when things with me and my best friend arent going so well....when i'm afraid i'll lose him now for good
the music in this song is SO beautiful... and i never really listened to the lyrics... but reading them now... this song means so much more. i love the line: "I’m taking a ride off to one side it is a personal thing" i wish i could just say that to some people... just to get away from it all.. ya know? pete is amazing. mwah
I guess he realizes that he's going to be losing this girl for some reason or another and it seems that he wants to get away from it all. He wants to get over her and "lose her now for good" I love the starting AND the ending of this song. It adds so much to it.