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.
I see life and it's passin' right before my eyes
And the past is the past don't regret it, time to realize
I need to walk on the wire just to catch my breath,
I don't know how or where but I'm goin' it's all that I have left
It don't matter where it takes me
Long as I can keep this feeling runnin' through, my soul
Never took this road before, destination unknown
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
Won't be coming back this way gotta go it alone
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
See a chance gotta take it wanna meet my fate
'Cause the last thing I ever wanted was to find out it's too late
No way out when you're in it deeper than the night
There's a light at the end of the tunnel, I see it burning bright
It don't matter where it takes me
Long as I can keep this feeling runnin' through, my soul
Never took this road before, destination unknown
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
Won't be comin' back this way gotta go it alone
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
It don't matter where it takes me
Long as I can keep this feeling runnin' through, my soul
Never took this road before, destination unknown
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
Won't be comin' back this way gotta go it alone
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
And the past is the past don't regret it, time to realize
I need to walk on the wire just to catch my breath,
I don't know how or where but I'm goin' it's all that I have left
It don't matter where it takes me
Long as I can keep this feeling runnin' through, my soul
Never took this road before, destination unknown
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
Won't be coming back this way gotta go it alone
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
See a chance gotta take it wanna meet my fate
'Cause the last thing I ever wanted was to find out it's too late
No way out when you're in it deeper than the night
There's a light at the end of the tunnel, I see it burning bright
It don't matter where it takes me
Long as I can keep this feeling runnin' through, my soul
Never took this road before, destination unknown
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
Won't be comin' back this way gotta go it alone
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
It don't matter where it takes me
Long as I can keep this feeling runnin' through, my soul
Never took this road before, destination unknown
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
Won't be comin' back this way gotta go it alone
Oh oh oh ohohoh, destination unknown
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