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.
Shaken baby sucking on
the festive decoration,
Turning patriotic colors
to a purple stain,
Dribbling down his belly
He's the hope of generations,
The measure of the damage
we have yet to ascertain
Mammoth head of paraffin
of malleable nature,
Pounded with the platitudes
admissible for use,
Pitiful and blundering,
A mortifying creature,
His neck is too weak to
support the partial birth of truth
Misbegotten inconsolable,
The fitting end result
of his breed,
Misbegotten inconsolable,
A product of stupidity and greed.
Watch him as his dim eyes
roll back into his head,
See him struggling in his own filth to stand
Irretrievable and
overfed, he reaches
out with his desperate
little hands
the festive decoration,
Turning patriotic colors
to a purple stain,
Dribbling down his belly
He's the hope of generations,
The measure of the damage
we have yet to ascertain
Mammoth head of paraffin
of malleable nature,
Pounded with the platitudes
admissible for use,
Pitiful and blundering,
A mortifying creature,
His neck is too weak to
support the partial birth of truth
Misbegotten inconsolable,
The fitting end result
of his breed,
Misbegotten inconsolable,
A product of stupidity and greed.
Watch him as his dim eyes
roll back into his head,
See him struggling in his own filth to stand
Irretrievable and
overfed, he reaches
out with his desperate
little hands
Lyrics submitted by 66exeter
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