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.
Headstrong is willing to live like a rat in a hole
Headstrong....unwilling to listening anyone at all
Keeps her head above the water,
Keeps her head upon her shoulders
I know, I know, I know she has heard this all before
She don't break, she don't sink, she don't think, a thing of me
Headstrong can fake an awkwardness,
Silenced by the price of love
Don't get too close in case, push comes to shove
Won't be your favourite girl, won't hear your favourite song
She's heard it all before
I don't mind she know's the words I'm writing
-we all need some pain
And remember, what you told me, we all bleed the same
Headstring is making a list so long, of all the people she has
Done and undone again - my name engraved
She doesn't notice the things I take for granted were my
Own to give, my own to give and take
She don't break, she don't think don't sink
Don't want to give or take my love
Don't break don't sink don't think of me
Headstrong headstrong headstrong headstrong
Headstrong headstrong headstrong headstrong
Headstrong....unwilling to listening anyone at all
Keeps her head above the water,
Keeps her head upon her shoulders
I know, I know, I know she has heard this all before
She don't break, she don't sink, she don't think, a thing of me
Headstrong can fake an awkwardness,
Silenced by the price of love
Don't get too close in case, push comes to shove
Won't be your favourite girl, won't hear your favourite song
She's heard it all before
I don't mind she know's the words I'm writing
-we all need some pain
And remember, what you told me, we all bleed the same
Headstring is making a list so long, of all the people she has
Done and undone again - my name engraved
She doesn't notice the things I take for granted were my
Own to give, my own to give and take
She don't break, she don't think don't sink
Don't want to give or take my love
Don't break don't sink don't think of me
Headstrong headstrong headstrong headstrong
Headstrong headstrong headstrong headstrong
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Headstrong Lyrics as written by Jason Pollock Casey Daniel
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