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.
Ready ready to let you in
Up with the mob
Ready ready to let you in
Up with the mob
It ain't no accident that
We're better off
You're set to inherit
What I got
You put a nail in my hands
You put a nail in my hands
Ready ready to let you in
Ready ready to let you in
Ready ready to let you in
Ready ready to LET YOU IN!
Yeah keep the herd in check
Or be absorbed, that's all, that's all
Yeah that'll happen next
And who'll be there to write you off
What's left intact
Better pollute that mind
Slip with the masses
Slip with the mass!
Maybe I've been cloned
Don't let that man
Inside your home
Wasn't me that phoned
Don't let that man
Inside your home
Wasn't me that phoned...
Up with the mob
Ready ready to let you in
Up with the mob
It ain't no accident that
We're better off
You're set to inherit
What I got
You put a nail in my hands
You put a nail in my hands
Ready ready to let you in
Ready ready to let you in
Ready ready to let you in
Ready ready to LET YOU IN!
Yeah keep the herd in check
Or be absorbed, that's all, that's all
Yeah that'll happen next
And who'll be there to write you off
What's left intact
Better pollute that mind
Slip with the masses
Slip with the mass!
Maybe I've been cloned
Don't let that man
Inside your home
Wasn't me that phoned
Don't let that man
Inside your home
Wasn't me that phoned...
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Ready ready to let you in Up with the mob Ready ready to let you in Up with the mob It ain't no accident that We're better off You're set to inherit What I got You put a nail in my hands You put a nail in my hands Ready ready to let you in Ready ready to let you in Ready ready to let you in Ready ready to LET YOU IN! Yeah keep the herd in check Or be absorbed, that's all, that's all Yeah that'll happen next And who'll be there to write you off What's left intact Better pollute that mind Slip with the masses Slip with the mass! Maybe I've been cloned Don't let that man Inside your home Wasn't me that phoned Don't let that man Inside your home Wasn't me that phoned...
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I wish someone would put the rest of the lyrics up. So, I'll try. anyone else, help patch up the hatchet job I'm about to do.
WHAT's THERE? ???? ????? ? (this whole line, ends with) crime.
Some with the masses, Some with ??????????
Maybe I've been cloned, Don't let that man inside your home. It wasn't me that phoned. Don't let that man inside your home. It wasn't me that phoned. It wasn't me that phoned.
(yeah, that was a pretty bad job, I could not make that out)