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.
Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?
'Cause when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed
Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for
It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be
And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you
I'm looking for someone to change my life
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me through
Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me
But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose
I'm looking for someone to change my life
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our soul
It's not the way that you say it when you do those things to me
It's more the way you really mean it when you tell me what will be
Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?
When we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed
Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?
'Cause when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed
Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for
It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be
And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you
I'm looking for someone to change my life
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me through
Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me
But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose
I'm looking for someone to change my life
I'm looking for a miracle in my life
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our soul
It's not the way that you say it when you do those things to me
It's more the way you really mean it when you tell me what will be
Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?
When we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need
In a world of persecution
That is burning in its greed
Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Question Lyrics as written by Justin Hayward
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if a song is titled "the question," it sure stands without the requirement of an answer.<br /> There may be many answers, the answers may change over time... an eternal question?<br /> <br /> <br /> Why do we never get an answer <br /> When we're knocking at the door <br /> With a thousand million questions <br /> About hate and death and war? <br /> 'Cos when we stop and look around us, <br /> There is nothing that we need, <br /> In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed. <br /> Why do we never get an answer <br /> When we're knocking at the door <br /> Because the truth is hard to swallow <br /> That's what the war of love is for. <br /> <br /> the truth is hard to swallow but it is the truth that sets you free and allows universal love for its eternity, beyond individual, materialistic reality... there is the war for love, perpetual, beyond time or singular, individuals' experience. This is shared, even for a moment, but it is hard to be in this awareness all the time... but it is a shared moment for those who have glimpsed the "truth"... it is nevertheless a struggle...<br /> <br /> It's not the way that you say it <br /> When you say those things to me <br /> It's more the way that you mean it <br /> When you tell me what will be. <br /> <br /> the "way" alleged, "caring" style of how things are said may be nearly obsolete, maybe a cliche...<br /> it is "more", not necessarily exactly, the way you mean it since it is a conversation between two souls, <br /> and that in this realm, it is not of this world but of a world to be, dreamed and perhaps realised...if possible... <br /> BUT:<br /> And when you stop and think about it <br /> You won't believe it's true <br /> -- if, out of the conversation, as a single person's hindsight, the dream is... well, ungrounded and void.<br /> the realm is a shared deal only available to two souls dwelling in the same shared awareness beyond <br /> logic and public/commonality...<br /> <br /> <br /> That all the love you've been giving <br /> Has all been meant for you. <br /> <br /> a mutual thing... an each other state... tha's luv...<br /> <br /> I'm looking for someone to change my life, <br /> I'm looking for a miracle in my life, <br /> And if you could see what it's done to me, <br /> To lose the love I knew <br /> Could safely lead me through. <br /> <br /> multiple interpretations open here, but one i may dwell on is that, having arrived at an understanding,<br /> with a sentient soul, the mission now is to radiate the "higher love" as a spreading of sharing that love to an otherwise, unfamiliar world... maybe...<br /> like grasping that truth, now is the thing that must be the device that reveals to more sentients that it is this war of love that must endure... blablabla let's move on...<br /> <br /> To learn as we grow old, <br /> The secrets of our soul. <br /> <br /> let's keep the line open and ponder what we, united have learned (not a break up song) time, immaterial... only aging...<br /> <br /> Between the silence of the mountains, <br /> And the crashing of the sea, <br /> There lies a land I once lived in, <br /> And she's waiting there for me, <br /> But in the grey of the morning, <br /> My mind becomes confused, <br /> Between the dead and the sleeping, <br /> And the road that I must chose. <br /> <br /> In solitary awareness is the open line for communion despite vast space time distance... with faith <br /> that she is there ... where "they" started...<br /> but waking alone, empirical reality is... a test for the mind and options are with those that may not respond and those that may wake up to... his voice... and the road continues to lead to that miracle he may find... you?<br /> <br />
<br /> 1 hr 1 min ago <br /> <br /> Rated 0 if a song is titled "the question," it sure stands without the requirement of an answer.<br /> There may be many answers, the answers may change over time... an eternal question?<br /> <br /> <br /> Why do we never get an answer <br /> When we're knocking at the door <br /> With a thousand million questions <br /> About hate and death and war? <br /> 'Cos when we stop and look around us, <br /> There is nothing that we need, <br /> In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed. <br /> Why do we never get an answer <br /> When we're knocking at the door <br /> Because the truth is hard to swallow <br /> That's what the war of love is for. <br /> <br /> the truth is hard to swallow but it is the truth that sets you free and allows universal love for its eternity, beyond individual, materialistic reality... there is the war for love, perpetual, beyond time or singular, individuals' experience. This is shared, even for a moment, but it is hard to be in this awareness all the time... but it is a shared moment for those who have glimpsed the "truth"... it is nevertheless a struggle...<br /> <br /> It's not the way that you say it <br /> When you say those things to me <br /> It's more the way that you mean it <br /> When you tell me what will be. <br /> <br /> the "way" alleged, "caring" style of how things are said may be nearly obsolete, maybe a cliche...<br /> it is "more", not necessarily exactly, the way you mean it since it is a conversation between two souls, <br /> and that in this realm, it is not of this world but of a world to be, dreamed and perhaps realised...if possible... <br /> BUT:<br /> And when you stop and think about it <br /> You won't believe it's true <br /> -- if, out of the conversation, as a single person's hindsight, the dream is... well, ungrounded and void.<br /> the realm is a shared deal only available to two souls dwelling in the same shared awareness beyond <br /> logic and public/commonality...<br /> <br /> <br /> That all the love you've been giving <br /> Has all been meant for you. <br /> <br /> a mutual thing... an each other state... tha's luv...<br /> <br /> I'm looking for someone to change my life, <br /> I'm looking for a miracle in my life, <br /> And if you could see what it's done to me, <br /> To lose the love I knew <br /> Could safely lead me through. <br /> <br /> multiple interpretations open here, but one i may dwell on is that, having arrived at an understanding,<br /> with a sentient soul, the mission now is to radiate the "higher love" as a spreading of sharing that love to an otherwise, unfamiliar world... maybe...<br /> like grasping that truth, now is the thing that must be the device that reveals to more sentients that it is this war of love that must endure... blablabla let's move on...<br /> <br /> To learn as we grow old, <br /> The secrets of our soul. <br /> <br /> let's keep the line open and ponder what we, united have learned (not a break up song) time, immaterial... only aging...<br /> <br /> Between the silence of the mountains, <br /> And the crashing of the sea, <br /> There lies a land I once lived in, <br /> And she's waiting there for me, <br /> But in the grey of the morning, <br /> My mind becomes confused, <br /> Between the dead and the sleeping, <br /> And the road that I must chose. <br /> <br /> In solitary awareness is the open line for communion despite vast space time distance... with faith <br /> that she is there ... where "they" started...<br /> but waking alone, empirical reality is... a test for the mind and options are with those that may not respond and those that may wake up to... his voice... and the road continues to lead to that miracle he may find... you?
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