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.
So much blood I'm starting to drown
It runs from cold to colder
Time to time the skies come down
And help me lose my way
Tears and lies for answers
You and open veins
God knows I'm gone
Girl I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These sins are mine and I've done wrong, oh babe
Come on down
Come on down my babe, wrong time I know
Long gone day (woah, woah-oh yeah)
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
See you all from time to time
Isn't it so strange how far away we all are now
Am I the only one who remembers that summer?
Oh woah, I remember
Everyday each time a place was saved
The music that we made
The wind has carried all of that away
Long gone day
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
So many tears I'm starting to drown
The rains in heaven must all come down
Silver spoons that fix the crown
The luckless ones are broken
Fears and lies for answers
You and open flames
God knows I'm gone
And I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These Sins are mine and I've done wrong
I want you to, oh I just want you to
Come on down
I fear again, like then, I lost my way
Shout to God to bring my sunny day
It runs from cold to colder
Time to time the skies come down
And help me lose my way
Tears and lies for answers
You and open veins
God knows I'm gone
Girl I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These sins are mine and I've done wrong, oh babe
Come on down
Come on down my babe, wrong time I know
Long gone day (woah, woah-oh yeah)
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
See you all from time to time
Isn't it so strange how far away we all are now
Am I the only one who remembers that summer?
Oh woah, I remember
Everyday each time a place was saved
The music that we made
The wind has carried all of that away
Long gone day
Hmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Who ever said we'd wash away with the rain?
So many tears I'm starting to drown
The rains in heaven must all come down
Silver spoons that fix the crown
The luckless ones are broken
Fears and lies for answers
You and open flames
God knows I'm gone
And I just want you to
Come on down
Lord, it's a storm in my head and I fall
These Sins are mine and I've done wrong
I want you to, oh I just want you to
Come on down
I fear again, like then, I lost my way
Shout to God to bring my sunny day
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Long Gone Day Lyrics as written by Layne Staley Barrett Martin
Lyrics © Red Brick Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
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this song is one of my favorites by mad season. i think ive figured it all out by the liner notes in the above album. it's basically about wanting to get in touch with those that you loved, but haven't kept in touch with over the years and wanting the good times to last. once they're gone or "washed away with the rain" you feel such isolation and loneliness. the one line that really got me bawling, especially when Layne died was "silver spoons affix the crown. the luckless ones are broken" meaning that many of his friends had drifted into heroin, including himself. and died. this was written only a short time before Demri, Layne's fiance died. they had a falling out a year or so before.