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'll be accepting my apology
For taking things too seriously
Sometimes I'm old enough to keep routines
Sometimes I'm child enough to scream
For everything, I broke in two
You're barely missing me, I'm missing you
And everything you do, I really do
I really do, sure I do
My once photographic memory
For recollection's sake is failing me
I can't remember for the life of me
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
We move on
Get a job where I tell
All of my accounts of someone else
I'm quick enough to judge that they were wrong
That we knew it all along
Sing a long, long-winded song
I would be content to hum along, hum
If I state that my fingers know where to show
What everyone should have known, I'll let it go
Hopefully you'll forget
Any words that I put in print
My luck, you'll change
Have strength enough to walk away
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
We move on
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Read and rewrite it wrong
For taking things too seriously
Sometimes I'm old enough to keep routines
Sometimes I'm child enough to scream
For everything, I broke in two
You're barely missing me, I'm missing you
And everything you do, I really do
I really do, sure I do
My once photographic memory
For recollection's sake is failing me
I can't remember for the life of me
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
We move on
Get a job where I tell
All of my accounts of someone else
I'm quick enough to judge that they were wrong
That we knew it all along
Sing a long, long-winded song
I would be content to hum along, hum
If I state that my fingers know where to show
What everyone should have known, I'll let it go
Hopefully you'll forget
Any words that I put in print
My luck, you'll change
Have strength enough to walk away
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
We move on
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Sometimes I can think to recite
Words that I read and rewrite
My pens paint people that I've proven wrong
Read and rewrite it wrong
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