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've, been pissing in the wind
I chanced a foolish grin, and dribbled on my chin
Now the ground, shifts beneath my feet
The faces that I greet, never know my name
Just give me something
I'll take nothing
Just give me something
I'll take nothing
Now the drought, is crippled by the rain
It hammers on my pain, we lose ourselves again
But all we need, is to a find a place to look
A worm is on its hook, our love which dangles free
Lets watch it swim, against the water's flow
In doubt your courage grows, with no guarantee
Just give me something
I'll take nothing
Jive give me something
I'll take nothing
And so it goes, a morale to the tale
As tortoise catches snail, the strong heart will prevail
It keeps on pumping, it still needs something
Just give it something, I'll take nothing
Just give it something, to keep it pumping
I'll take nothing, just give me something
I chanced a foolish grin, and dribbled on my chin
Now the ground, shifts beneath my feet
The faces that I greet, never know my name
Just give me something
I'll take nothing
Just give me something
I'll take nothing
Now the drought, is crippled by the rain
It hammers on my pain, we lose ourselves again
But all we need, is to a find a place to look
A worm is on its hook, our love which dangles free
Lets watch it swim, against the water's flow
In doubt your courage grows, with no guarantee
Just give me something
I'll take nothing
Jive give me something
I'll take nothing
And so it goes, a morale to the tale
As tortoise catches snail, the strong heart will prevail
It keeps on pumping, it still needs something
Just give it something, I'll take nothing
Just give it something, to keep it pumping
I'll take nothing, just give me something
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"Pissing in the wind" is another way of saying that you're wasting your time. A futile effort.
Similar to what ctanz8711 said, "about feeling alienated and alone," and wanting to change that, but knowing that there is a risk that your efforts won't pay off.
A lovely wee song. I think "the groung shifting between his feet" is his fame changing how people view him, thus "the people he greets don't know his name". <br /> I think he is looking to love as much as to be loved, "give me something, I'll take nothing"<br /> Is his lack of chance of meeting someone now overwhelmingly changed "drought crippled by the rain"?<br /> The situation where a person who has a lot of love to give and perceives themself as not immedietely 'loveable' and meets a similar person could be "a tortoise catching the snail"<br /> Someone needs to drive the passion however, "it still needs something, give it something"<br /> Just my musings... nice insights tubesocks.