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.
You are the other side of me
Dying from my selfish disease
I'd come undone to set you free
And give you back integrity
When I, can't find, peace of mind
You won't find me searching desperately
When I, can't find, lost time
I will make up for lost misery
I've been this way for far too long (for far too long)
A blues singer without a song (without a song)
I turn my rights into a wrong (rights into a wrong)
And now my life is far too gone (far too gone)
When I, can't find, peace of mind
You won't find me searching desperately
When I, can't find, lost time
I will make up for lost misery
My sadness is morbidly obese
And my tears will flow like poetry
When I pour my heart out
Over your head
And into your soul
Now I'm feeding off your sympathy
And I've given you a taste of me
Cry me a river
And send me to the sea
Away from everyone
You are the other side of me (other side of me)
Dying from my selfish disease (my selfish disease)
I'd come undone to set you free (to set you free)
And give you back integrity (back integrity)
When I, can't find, peace of mind
You won't find me searching desperately
When I, can't find, lost time
I will make up for lost misery
Dying from my selfish disease
I'd come undone to set you free
And give you back integrity
When I, can't find, peace of mind
You won't find me searching desperately
When I, can't find, lost time
I will make up for lost misery
I've been this way for far too long (for far too long)
A blues singer without a song (without a song)
I turn my rights into a wrong (rights into a wrong)
And now my life is far too gone (far too gone)
When I, can't find, peace of mind
You won't find me searching desperately
When I, can't find, lost time
I will make up for lost misery
My sadness is morbidly obese
And my tears will flow like poetry
When I pour my heart out
Over your head
And into your soul
Now I'm feeding off your sympathy
And I've given you a taste of me
Cry me a river
And send me to the sea
Away from everyone
You are the other side of me (other side of me)
Dying from my selfish disease (my selfish disease)
I'd come undone to set you free (to set you free)
And give you back integrity (back integrity)
When I, can't find, peace of mind
You won't find me searching desperately
When I, can't find, lost time
I will make up for lost misery
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Suicide Note Lyrics as written by Ward Dotson Matt Simon
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