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 thought I saw a man brought to life
He was warm, he came around like he was dignified
He showed me what it was to cry
Well, you couldn't be that man I adored
You don't seem to know, or seem to care what your heart is for
But I don't know him anymore
There's nothin' where he used to lie
The conversation has run dry
That's what's goin' on
Nothing's fine, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You're a little late
I'm already torn
So I guess the fortune teller's right
Should've seen just what was there and not some holy light
But you crawled beneath my veins and now
I don't care, I had no luck
I don't miss it all that much
There's just so many things
That I can touch, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You're a little late
I'm already torn
Torn
There's nothing where he used to lie
My inspiration has run dry
And that's what's goin' on
Nothing's right, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I'm ashamed
Bound and broken on the floor
You're a little late
I'm already torn
Torn
Oh
He was warm, he came around like he was dignified
He showed me what it was to cry
Well, you couldn't be that man I adored
You don't seem to know, or seem to care what your heart is for
But I don't know him anymore
There's nothin' where he used to lie
The conversation has run dry
That's what's goin' on
Nothing's fine, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You're a little late
I'm already torn
So I guess the fortune teller's right
Should've seen just what was there and not some holy light
But you crawled beneath my veins and now
I don't care, I had no luck
I don't miss it all that much
There's just so many things
That I can touch, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
You're a little late
I'm already torn
Torn
There's nothing where he used to lie
My inspiration has run dry
And that's what's goin' on
Nothing's right, I'm torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
I'm all out of faith
This is how I feel
I'm cold and I'm ashamed
Bound and broken on the floor
You're a little late
I'm already torn
Torn
Oh
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For I was identifying totally with that song – been there – done that
It is very much a woman’s song-
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you are so right moosewood. i am going throught the same thing right now.i totally gave this guy everything and he threw my love back in my face.
@moosewood I really love your interpretation of this song, i actually used to thinking nothing much of this song until I got older and began relating to it much more strongly. Thank you for sharing your ideas. I agree 100% with you on everything you said here.
@moosewood <br /> This is very much an anyone who has had their heart broken song. I fell in love with a girl in Atlanta (where I was born and raised) who moved to North Florida. She asked me to come with and said that she wanted to marry me. In a few months I relocated, and you can guess what happened. 2 weeks in she broke it off. So there I sat in a strange place not knowing anyone. A city boy in a small southern town. I was alone, depressed, and heartbroken for 6 months. I didn't really hear this song, applied to my situation until 2 months later when I had moved back to Atlanta. I was over her. I had just started seeing a new girl for whom I am falling madly, and this song came on the radio. I just listened to the lyrics, it's like they were speaking to me. I find that women sing about heartbreak better than men, and this song is for everyone. Just change the gender.
@moosewood "It is very much a woman’s song- " - You do realise that this happens to BOTH genders
@moosewood Unfortunately, that knife cuts both ways...it's sad, really.