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.
Burning questions
We are told they've gone out
Time you learned your lesson
We all know that
Tell me boys, you out there?
The flesh is weak the mind slow
By now, you could say there's a problem
And it rained down on me
And it seemed to get into me
It poured down over me
I'm wet I'm wet through
But I still want more
Peace, love, now what?
Don't go telling me you let them
Oh delighted, we all know
We won't be alive any more and
By now you could say there's a problem
And it rained down on me
And it seemed to get into me
And I'm soaked to my skin
And I'm wet I'm wet through
I ought to be in
Will you let me have a sign?
And somebody ought to reply
We'll take anything at all
Understand me?
Fun times we have known
That's what we're like
Just taken them all
And I still don't remember how I got home
Don't tell me where we're going
Now I know we won't be alive any more
More more more more more
We are told they've gone out
Time you learned your lesson
We all know that
Tell me boys, you out there?
The flesh is weak the mind slow
By now, you could say there's a problem
And it rained down on me
And it seemed to get into me
It poured down over me
I'm wet I'm wet through
But I still want more
Peace, love, now what?
Don't go telling me you let them
Oh delighted, we all know
We won't be alive any more and
By now you could say there's a problem
And it rained down on me
And it seemed to get into me
And I'm soaked to my skin
And I'm wet I'm wet through
I ought to be in
Will you let me have a sign?
And somebody ought to reply
We'll take anything at all
Understand me?
Fun times we have known
That's what we're like
Just taken them all
And I still don't remember how I got home
Don't tell me where we're going
Now I know we won't be alive any more
More more more more more
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar, edited by elliot1128
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