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.
Things just don't seem the same
I'm not saying who's to blame
You might say my loss is your gain
It's all in vain.
I've been walking all across creation
All across the nation
Just to get back home
Just to get back home
To get a loan.
Just to get a loan
Mighty armies of gasoline attendants
Come to wipe my windows clean.
I can hear them laughing,
Their jokes are a riot.
Something is changing
And it's breaking the machine,
Oh, breaking the machine,
Oh, breaking the machine.
Oh, see it on my television,
Hear it on my radio
Hold it in the palm of my hand.
In every city voices are talking
In language you can't understand,
Voices are talking in language you can't understand,
I can't understand the voices, voices, yeah.
Come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
In the streets and universities
Binding up and setting free
The power of a million suns
To change the way it is to be
Is to be
Is to be
Is to be!
I'm not saying who's to blame
You might say my loss is your gain
It's all in vain.
I've been walking all across creation
All across the nation
Just to get back home
Just to get back home
To get a loan.
Just to get a loan
Mighty armies of gasoline attendants
Come to wipe my windows clean.
I can hear them laughing,
Their jokes are a riot.
Something is changing
And it's breaking the machine,
Oh, breaking the machine,
Oh, breaking the machine.
Oh, see it on my television,
Hear it on my radio
Hold it in the palm of my hand.
In every city voices are talking
In language you can't understand,
Voices are talking in language you can't understand,
I can't understand the voices, voices, yeah.
Come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
Come and join us, come and join us
In the streets and universities
Binding up and setting free
The power of a million suns
To change the way it is to be
Is to be
Is to be
Is to be!
Lyrics submitted by Nelly
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