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.
(And I) I notice the tapestries on the wall as well
(and I) I stand up and hit my head on the mobile
(and you) and you look around too
(and we) time passes easily
(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)
I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme
Pointyhead pizzeria perfect penetration
mezcal cuts off my brain communication
belligerence, lost of my intellegence
talkin mess like shut up and listen to me
because cuttin' through the crap is my specialty
like a bomb I'm droppin yes a ton a lead
you're tryin' to figure out the last thing I said
I'm a Redwood, I love to be a tree yes I'm a Druid
my words they're flowin' out like a fluid
never give in never conform
I'll be bustin out rhymes in a triplet form
Right now
right now
right now
(In another room) I sit and contemplate
(that winter night) my words were filled with hate
(in second sight) I should have known my fate
(but it's all right) now we're in a different state
(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)
I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme
Expiate, to make amends for hostilities
it's easy to see that for me, in reality
I'm not one of those fools
with an ecclesiastical whitewash
to set my ethical standards
you'll never catch me lookin' to Ann Landers
or Moses or the law or even Buddha
if there's one thing I know
it's always be true to myself
and learn from experience
educated by nights of violence, trips to jail,
broken knuckles and friendships
but that gives me the power to write a groove that rips
Right now
right now
right now
I am
I am
(??) to be and I am, damn
(and I) I stand up and hit my head on the mobile
(and you) and you look around too
(and we) time passes easily
(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)
I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme
Pointyhead pizzeria perfect penetration
mezcal cuts off my brain communication
belligerence, lost of my intellegence
talkin mess like shut up and listen to me
because cuttin' through the crap is my specialty
like a bomb I'm droppin yes a ton a lead
you're tryin' to figure out the last thing I said
I'm a Redwood, I love to be a tree yes I'm a Druid
my words they're flowin' out like a fluid
never give in never conform
I'll be bustin out rhymes in a triplet form
Right now
right now
right now
(In another room) I sit and contemplate
(that winter night) my words were filled with hate
(in second sight) I should have known my fate
(but it's all right) now we're in a different state
(ai-yi-yi)
(ai-yi-yi)
I've opened up my mind
so you can step inside
you could expect to find
a scenic rhyme
Expiate, to make amends for hostilities
it's easy to see that for me, in reality
I'm not one of those fools
with an ecclesiastical whitewash
to set my ethical standards
you'll never catch me lookin' to Ann Landers
or Moses or the law or even Buddha
if there's one thing I know
it's always be true to myself
and learn from experience
educated by nights of violence, trips to jail,
broken knuckles and friendships
but that gives me the power to write a groove that rips
Right now
right now
right now
I am
I am
(??) to be and I am, damn
Lyrics submitted by pen1234567
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