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.
Love, let me sleep tonight on your couch
And remember the smell of the fabric
Of your simple city dress
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
We walked around 'til the moon got full like a plate
And the wind blew an invocation and I fell asleep at the gate
And I never stepped on the cracks 'cause I thought I'd hurt my mother
And I couldn't awake from the nightmare, that sucked me in and pulled me under
Pulled me under, oh
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
I love you
But I'm afraid to love you
I love you
But I'm afraid to love you
I'm afraid, oh
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Real, real, real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, yeah
Oh, that was so real
And remember the smell of the fabric
Of your simple city dress
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
We walked around 'til the moon got full like a plate
And the wind blew an invocation and I fell asleep at the gate
And I never stepped on the cracks 'cause I thought I'd hurt my mother
And I couldn't awake from the nightmare, that sucked me in and pulled me under
Pulled me under, oh
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
I love you
But I'm afraid to love you
I love you
But I'm afraid to love you
I'm afraid, oh
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Real, real, real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, that was so real
Oh, yeah
Oh, that was so real
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I think it's so funny that they would put that distorted bit in there just so it wouldn't get radio friendly. It doesn't strike me as being true, but its funny anyways :) I too think this is the best song on the album just because of it's raw emotion. The distortion bit half way is kind of nervous and harsh but it's fitting somehow, just because love can be painful when it is so real it hurts because you don't want to believe its overwhelmingness (is that a word) Love makes me want to speak in continuous proese like Kerouac. This song along with Vancouver, and maybe his rendition of Dylan's "Farewell Angelina" are my all time favourite Buckley tunes. by the way Vancouver should be ranamed to "London" when he had a fling with Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins, he simply used the instrumental of vancouver to sing the lyrics of his romance with Elizabeth.
Thanks for that bit about "radio friendly".<br /> <br /> I have a friend here in Taiwan who like American pop rock, but only the "sweet" kind. I felt a need to have him listen to this tune. He said, "I liked most of it, but what was the deal with that bit in the middle where it got all noisy?" And I explained that, to my thinking, the toying with primal chaos, daring that chaos to charge out and get mud all over your pretty little song, that is what typifies the best of rock'n'roll.<br /> <br /> The Taiwanese eat something they call "臭豆腐"; "Stinky Tofu". They innoculate the tofu with a bacteria and let it rot for some length of time. Then they deep fry it and serve it with spicy sauce and cilantro and basil and whatnot.<br /> <br /> I tell the Taiwanese: "The Taiwanese like their tofu stinky and their music sweet. Americans like their tofu sweet and their rock'n'roll stinky."