Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Try to forget about
Living the good life
Free of positions
That make her feel vulnerable
She's loved and she's lost
She's bearing the cost
She seeks to find the answer for
Woke up today around
Six in the morning
Violently shaking
Remembering what she once saw
She bared it alone
Still she carried on
She seeks to find the answers for
The reason her life did not turn out
More like a movie
She's trying to forget it all
She tries to erase
She tries to replace
How it feels but I
Know she can never go home
I don't believe in anything
But I believe in you
I never trusted anyone
But somehow I trust you
And if I fall away
Someday you might find me
If I fall away
Someday...
Living the good life
Free of positions
That make her feel vulnerable
She's loved and she's lost
She's bearing the cost
She seeks to find the answer for
Woke up today around
Six in the morning
Violently shaking
Remembering what she once saw
She bared it alone
Still she carried on
She seeks to find the answers for
The reason her life did not turn out
More like a movie
She's trying to forget it all
She tries to erase
She tries to replace
How it feels but I
Know she can never go home
I don't believe in anything
But I believe in you
I never trusted anyone
But somehow I trust you
And if I fall away
Someday you might find me
If I fall away
Someday...
Lyrics submitted by pezkingbeardo
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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.
oh- and you can get the lyrics off their site which is SO much better than their last one. Even though their last one rawked ;)
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