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.
One summer night
We ran away for a while
Laughing we hurried beneath the sky
To an obscure place to hide
That no one could find
And we drifted to another state of mind
And imagined I was yours and you were mine
As we lay upon the grass
There in the dark
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Ohh baby, yeah
Weak in the knees
Wrapped in the warm gentle breeze
So shy a bundle of butterflies (so shy)
Flush with heat of desire
On a natural high
As we drifted to another place in time
And the feeling was so heady and sublime
As I lost my heart to you there in the dark
Underneath the stars (young love, young love, young love)
(Young love, young love, young love)
Oh, beautiful and bitter sweetly
You were fading into me
And I was gently fading into you
But the time went sailing by (ooh yeah)
Reluctantly we said good bye (yeah)
And left our secret place so far behind
And I lay in bed all night and I was
Drifting, drifting, drifting, drifting
Drifted to another state of mind
And imagined I was yours and you were mine (ooh and I was yours)
You were my own, my own baby
As we lay upon the grass (as we lay)
There in the dark
Laid underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
(Young love, young love, young love) Baby, yeah
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars (I was drifting, drifting, drifting)
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love) Baby, baby, yeah, yeah
We ran away for a while
Laughing we hurried beneath the sky
To an obscure place to hide
That no one could find
And we drifted to another state of mind
And imagined I was yours and you were mine
As we lay upon the grass
There in the dark
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Ohh baby, yeah
Weak in the knees
Wrapped in the warm gentle breeze
So shy a bundle of butterflies (so shy)
Flush with heat of desire
On a natural high
As we drifted to another place in time
And the feeling was so heady and sublime
As I lost my heart to you there in the dark
Underneath the stars (young love, young love, young love)
(Young love, young love, young love)
Oh, beautiful and bitter sweetly
You were fading into me
And I was gently fading into you
But the time went sailing by (ooh yeah)
Reluctantly we said good bye (yeah)
And left our secret place so far behind
And I lay in bed all night and I was
Drifting, drifting, drifting, drifting
Drifted to another state of mind
And imagined I was yours and you were mine (ooh and I was yours)
You were my own, my own baby
As we lay upon the grass (as we lay)
There in the dark
Laid underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
(Young love, young love, young love) Baby, yeah
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars (I was drifting, drifting, drifting)
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love)
Underneath the stars
(Young love, young love, young love) Baby, baby, yeah, yeah
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