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.
The time is right
I'm gonna pack my bags
And take that journey down the road
'Cause over the mountain I see the bright sun shining
But I want to live inside the glow, yeah yeah
I want to go to a place where I am nothing and everything
That exists between here and nowhere
I want to got to a place where time has no consequence and oh yeah
The sky opens to my prayers
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, mmm
Please understand that it's not that I don't care
But right know these walls are closing in on me
I love you more than I love life itself
But I need to find a place where I can breathe
I can breathe
I want to go to a place where I can hold the intangible
And let go of the pain with all my might
I wanna to go to a place where I'm suspended in ecstasy
Somewhere between dark and light
Where wrong becomes right
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, ah
Beautiful
I'm gonna pack my bags
And take that journey down the road
'Cause over the mountain I see the bright sun shining
But I want to live inside the glow, yeah yeah
I want to go to a place where I am nothing and everything
That exists between here and nowhere
I want to got to a place where time has no consequence and oh yeah
The sky opens to my prayers
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, mmm
Please understand that it's not that I don't care
But right know these walls are closing in on me
I love you more than I love life itself
But I need to find a place where I can breathe
I can breathe
I want to go to a place where I can hold the intangible
And let go of the pain with all my might
I wanna to go to a place where I'm suspended in ecstasy
Somewhere between dark and light
Where wrong becomes right
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
I want to go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, ah
Beautiful
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