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.
I run these stories through my head
of her coming home
and us just staring at each other
and we'll both know
yeah we'll both know
and I won't care
that she took me through a maze
And left me there for days
Until she made
her mind to go away
You'd think I'd know by now
You'd think I'd wash this down
Did you think I'd hurt her now
Just to heal my heart
Then you don't know me
You don't know me
And she don't owe me anything
I'd love to think that she
Was out to hurt me
And given the facts
Still maybe we
We could you know, we could try again
But she didn't mean the harm she put me through
And I could never go to her and trust
That she would ever care
If time is all it takes than I've got plenty of that
Plenty of that, and I'm a better man
For all the time it takes
of her coming home
and us just staring at each other
and we'll both know
yeah we'll both know
and I won't care
that she took me through a maze
And left me there for days
Until she made
her mind to go away
You'd think I'd know by now
You'd think I'd wash this down
Did you think I'd hurt her now
Just to heal my heart
Then you don't know me
You don't know me
And she don't owe me anything
I'd love to think that she
Was out to hurt me
And given the facts
Still maybe we
We could you know, we could try again
But she didn't mean the harm she put me through
And I could never go to her and trust
That she would ever care
If time is all it takes than I've got plenty of that
Plenty of that, and I'm a better man
For all the time it takes
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
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