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.
Nobody make a move
This kid's got you covered
He was just seventeen
Trying to get on like his dead brother
Mama couldn't do a thing for him
Though she hurt inside
And daddy wants his son back
While he knows he's still alive.
Stick up kid
Thinking you're a glory boy
Fronting that stupid toy
But you don't get that it's yourself you will destroy
Running that rock on the front line
Get to hell before your time
If you your face on the cover of High Times
Push in.
Now it occurred to me
As I awoke from deeper dreams
All this evolution
And still I don't know what it means
And it gets so hard for me to change
When there's an easy way to earn
Why should I work my fingers to the bone.
Can you give more than get
Get down
With a conscious train of thought.
Light years
Can pass me by without me realizing
I'm water in a stream
But ya got to keep it clean.
Dirty dreams
Purity.
How can
So many people think they're right when
Everybody's wrong?
This kid's got you covered
He was just seventeen
Trying to get on like his dead brother
Mama couldn't do a thing for him
Though she hurt inside
And daddy wants his son back
While he knows he's still alive.
Stick up kid
Thinking you're a glory boy
Fronting that stupid toy
But you don't get that it's yourself you will destroy
Running that rock on the front line
Get to hell before your time
If you your face on the cover of High Times
Push in.
Now it occurred to me
As I awoke from deeper dreams
All this evolution
And still I don't know what it means
And it gets so hard for me to change
When there's an easy way to earn
Why should I work my fingers to the bone.
Can you give more than get
Get down
With a conscious train of thought.
Light years
Can pass me by without me realizing
I'm water in a stream
But ya got to keep it clean.
Dirty dreams
Purity.
How can
So many people think they're right when
Everybody's wrong?
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I got 'cha where i want 'cha Nobody make a fucking move