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 don't think I ever know
If I ever really want it
Could be why I'm never sure
If I ever really got it
And I guess it's maybe easier
Not to think too much about it
A house a car a family and friends
Yeah all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes i wonder
In the back of my mind sometimes i wonder
If I'm wasting all my time
Sometimes i wonder
If I'm putting off my real life
What I could've done where I could've been
When I should've gone why I should've seen
Who I would've loved how I would've dreamed
And if it's always always too late
I don't think I ever know
That I ever really need it
Could be why I'm never sure
That I ever really feel it
And I think it's maybe easier
To guess I really mean it
A house! A car! A family and friends!
Yeah all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes i wonder
A girl! A smile! A holiday and sex!
Yeah all it takes to make sense of the rest
But sometimes i wonder
In the back of my mind sometimes i wonder
If I'm killing all my time
Sometimes i wonder
If I'm giving up my real life
What I could've done where I could've been
When I should've gone why I should've seen
Who I would've loved how I would've dreamed
And if it's always, always too late
And every day that I let slide
Is one day more I never try
To break the world to make my fate
And with every day that I let go
It's one day less I ever know if it's always
Always too late
If I ever really want it
Could be why I'm never sure
If I ever really got it
And I guess it's maybe easier
Not to think too much about it
A house a car a family and friends
Yeah all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes i wonder
In the back of my mind sometimes i wonder
If I'm wasting all my time
Sometimes i wonder
If I'm putting off my real life
What I could've done where I could've been
When I should've gone why I should've seen
Who I would've loved how I would've dreamed
And if it's always always too late
I don't think I ever know
That I ever really need it
Could be why I'm never sure
That I ever really feel it
And I think it's maybe easier
To guess I really mean it
A house! A car! A family and friends!
Yeah all it means to justify the ends
But sometimes i wonder
A girl! A smile! A holiday and sex!
Yeah all it takes to make sense of the rest
But sometimes i wonder
In the back of my mind sometimes i wonder
If I'm killing all my time
Sometimes i wonder
If I'm giving up my real life
What I could've done where I could've been
When I should've gone why I should've seen
Who I would've loved how I would've dreamed
And if it's always, always too late
And every day that I let slide
Is one day more I never try
To break the world to make my fate
And with every day that I let go
It's one day less I ever know if it's always
Always too late
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