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.
Someone and someone
Were down by the pond
Looking for something
To plant in the lawn
Out in the fields
They were turning the soil
I'm sitting here hoping
This water will boil
When I look through the windows
And out on the road
They're bringing me presents
And saying hello
Singing words, words
Between the lines of age
Words, words
Between the lines of age
I was a junkman
Selling you cars
Washing your windows
And shining your stars
Thinking your mind
Was my own in a dream
What would you wonder?
And how would it seem?
Living in castles
A bit at a time
The king started laughing
And talking in rhyme
Singing words, words
Between the lines of age
Words, words
Between the lines of age
Were down by the pond
Looking for something
To plant in the lawn
Out in the fields
They were turning the soil
I'm sitting here hoping
This water will boil
When I look through the windows
And out on the road
They're bringing me presents
And saying hello
Singing words, words
Between the lines of age
Words, words
Between the lines of age
I was a junkman
Selling you cars
Washing your windows
And shining your stars
Thinking your mind
Was my own in a dream
What would you wonder?
And how would it seem?
Living in castles
A bit at a time
The king started laughing
And talking in rhyme
Singing words, words
Between the lines of age
Words, words
Between the lines of age
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it's a dreamer's song about how everything in his life goes slowly (the rythem of the song is also very slow, so this is reflected) he doesn't join in with what everyone else is doing, he just see's what, 'someone and someone' perhaps he wants someone, but he is perhaps shy? he doesnt want to go out and meet people, is he dreaming when he says 'they're bringing me presents and saying hello'
they sing words between the lines of age, i dont know what this means, maybe they sing words of things that might happen, but as they get older, they know it wont happen, but they still think of it between the lines of age.
he hopes 'this water will boil' there is no mention of fire or heat to warm the water, he is just hoping it will boil, like he hopes something else will happen, but he is too much of a dreamer to get out and make it happen.
he thinks 'If I was a junkman selling you cars, Washing your windows and shining your stars' would that make 'you' happy, would that make something change?
'thinking your mind was my own' he dreams about what 'you' would think if 'you' were him'
you would dream of living in castles, abit at a time' the dreams would build up a bit at a time, then you would realize that it would never happen, as as soon as you try to make it happen, ''the king started laughin'' at what you wanted, and confusing the matter by ' talking in rhyme' you would then understand why he cant face going out and leaving his dreams.
so like the others, as he gets older and ages more, he sings words of what could happen but sadly never will.
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