He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Most of the time you are happy you're
A weirdo and before the introduction
Ends there is someone feeling sorry
For themselves
Look at your ugly shame what are you
Talking for look at your ugly shame
Most of the time you are demanding
What am I doing here and I don't want to
Be and the hurt in which you bare you
Could say goodbye to this earth
Look at your ugly shame what are you
Talking for look at your ugly shame
There's too much for me to know about
Most of the time you are happy you're a
Weirdo and your nerve is my device and
Makes me sad
Look at your ugly shame what are you
Talking for look at your ugly shame
There's too much for me to know about
A weirdo and before the introduction
Ends there is someone feeling sorry
For themselves
Look at your ugly shame what are you
Talking for look at your ugly shame
Most of the time you are demanding
What am I doing here and I don't want to
Be and the hurt in which you bare you
Could say goodbye to this earth
Look at your ugly shame what are you
Talking for look at your ugly shame
There's too much for me to know about
Most of the time you are happy you're a
Weirdo and your nerve is my device and
Makes me sad
Look at your ugly shame what are you
Talking for look at your ugly shame
There's too much for me to know about
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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.
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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