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 wake up
Another group of hours till the end of the day
I wake up
Look am I alarmed? Please go away
Well everyone looks for the lost frontier
But no one cares if I last a couple years or so (A couple years or so)
As I look at the light at the end of my bed
I question if I should be dead
As much as I ask I hear no reply
Whoever I'm asking must be busy in the sky
Oh lord can you hear me now?
Oh lord you must be busy somehow
Granting the wishes of the strong and the rich
While I'm just singing in my ditch
I wake up
Another day has gone and been a total waste
I wake up
And I ask myself if this gunna change?
I float along to the end of the day
But nothing I do matters anyway (Nothing I do matters anyway)
I carry on with constant fear
If I missed life would you shed a tear?
Cause no one else in the scheme of things
Will listen to the things I sing
Oh lord can you hear me now?
Oh lord you must be busy somehow
Granting the wishes of the strong and the rich
While I'm just singing in my ditch
Oh lord can you take the reins?
Oh lord I've been wandering for days
In a place I don't understand
Why didn't you make me like any other man
Ooooh yea! yea! yea! yea! yea! yea! yea! yea!
Oh lord can you hear me now? (Hear me now)
Oh lord you must be busy somehow (Busy somehow)
Granting the wishes of the strong and the rich (Strong and the rich)
While I'm just singing in my ditch
Oh lord can you take the reins? (Take the reins)
Oh lord I've been wandering for days (Wandering for days)
In a place I don't understand (Understand)
Why didn't you make me like any other man
Why didn't you make me?
Why didn't you make me?
Why didn't you make me?
Why didn't you make me like any other man?
Yea
Another group of hours till the end of the day
I wake up
Look am I alarmed? Please go away
Well everyone looks for the lost frontier
But no one cares if I last a couple years or so (A couple years or so)
As I look at the light at the end of my bed
I question if I should be dead
As much as I ask I hear no reply
Whoever I'm asking must be busy in the sky
Oh lord can you hear me now?
Oh lord you must be busy somehow
Granting the wishes of the strong and the rich
While I'm just singing in my ditch
I wake up
Another day has gone and been a total waste
I wake up
And I ask myself if this gunna change?
I float along to the end of the day
But nothing I do matters anyway (Nothing I do matters anyway)
I carry on with constant fear
If I missed life would you shed a tear?
Cause no one else in the scheme of things
Will listen to the things I sing
Oh lord can you hear me now?
Oh lord you must be busy somehow
Granting the wishes of the strong and the rich
While I'm just singing in my ditch
Oh lord can you take the reins?
Oh lord I've been wandering for days
In a place I don't understand
Why didn't you make me like any other man
Ooooh yea! yea! yea! yea! yea! yea! yea! yea!
Oh lord can you hear me now? (Hear me now)
Oh lord you must be busy somehow (Busy somehow)
Granting the wishes of the strong and the rich (Strong and the rich)
While I'm just singing in my ditch
Oh lord can you take the reins? (Take the reins)
Oh lord I've been wandering for days (Wandering for days)
In a place I don't understand (Understand)
Why didn't you make me like any other man
Why didn't you make me?
Why didn't you make me?
Why didn't you make me?
Why didn't you make me like any other man?
Yea
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