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.
The girls are on the beach in their string bikinis
The guys are strutting proudly showing off their weenies
Top 40 garbage spewing expensive radios
As they primp their pampered bodies
And put schnozzguard on their nose
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
Prep school blonds and musclemen with perfect heinies
There's more money on this beach than all the tea in china
These girls all look like Nancy Drew, the boys like Jim McMahon
And their fat, white, ugly parents look like Morey Amsterdam
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
In droves they hit the beach in Porches and Ferrari's
The sun has cooked their brain they're on a surf safari
The Lake is full of creepy snobs, I stare to get annoyed
This isn't Honolulu, this is Illinois
They're surfing in Wilmette
The guys are strutting proudly showing off their weenies
Top 40 garbage spewing expensive radios
As they primp their pampered bodies
And put schnozzguard on their nose
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
Prep school blonds and musclemen with perfect heinies
There's more money on this beach than all the tea in china
These girls all look like Nancy Drew, the boys like Jim McMahon
And their fat, white, ugly parents look like Morey Amsterdam
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
This ain't Hawaii
In droves they hit the beach in Porches and Ferrari's
The sun has cooked their brain they're on a surf safari
The Lake is full of creepy snobs, I stare to get annoyed
This isn't Honolulu, this is Illinois
They're surfing in Wilmette
Lyrics submitted by san_dimas_hs_rules
This Ain't Hawaii Lyrics as written by Benjamin M Foster Benjamin M. Foster
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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