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.
We all face the same way
Still it takes all day, I take a look to my left
Pick out the worst and the best
She paints her lip greasy and thick
Another mirror stare and she's going where?
Another office affair, to kill an unborn scare?
You talk dirty to a priest, it makes them human at least
But as you're running away, to start a brand new day?
Or she going home, why's she driving alone?
Is anyone going anywhere?
Everyone's gotta be somewhere
She got a body in the boot, or just bags full of food?
Those are models legs, bBut are they women's are they men's?
She shouts down the phone, missed a payment on the loan
She gotta be above the rest keeping up with the best
Is anyone going anywhere?
Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Wait tables for a crook? Wrote a hard back book?
You teach kids how to read? Sell your body on the street?
A nurse without a job? Another uptown snob
But have I got you wrong? One look and you were gone
Is anyone going anywhere?
Is anyone going anywhere?
Is anyone going anywhere?
Everyone's got to be, somewhere
Still it takes all day, I take a look to my left
Pick out the worst and the best
She paints her lip greasy and thick
Another mirror stare and she's going where?
Another office affair, to kill an unborn scare?
You talk dirty to a priest, it makes them human at least
But as you're running away, to start a brand new day?
Or she going home, why's she driving alone?
Is anyone going anywhere?
Everyone's gotta be somewhere
She got a body in the boot, or just bags full of food?
Those are models legs, bBut are they women's are they men's?
She shouts down the phone, missed a payment on the loan
She gotta be above the rest keeping up with the best
Is anyone going anywhere?
Everyone's gotta be somewhere
Wait tables for a crook? Wrote a hard back book?
You teach kids how to read? Sell your body on the street?
A nurse without a job? Another uptown snob
But have I got you wrong? One look and you were gone
Is anyone going anywhere?
Is anyone going anywhere?
Is anyone going anywhere?
Everyone's got to be, somewhere
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