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.
Oh I remember back in 91
Feelin good jumpin on my bed
I had my favorite record on
My brother came into my room and said
"Well if this is really music
I wouldn't want it in my world
Well if this is really music
This is music for girls."
So back in town in 95
Fillin in for a drunken DJ
I tried to keep the floor alive
But all the boys at the bar would say
"Well if this is really music
I wouldn't want it in my world
Well if this is really music
This is music for girls."
And its everything to me
Feels like I'm fighting for something
Keep your bittersweet symphonies
Break your legs if you stop me dancing
And when I met this girl she moved me
Like no other girl had grooved me
It was something in the way she twists to all the latest tunes
When she took me back to her parent's place
And I wiped the glitter from her face
I was swooning in her teenage bedroom
So this is the beginning
Yea, this is the one
This is your life
This looks like its gonna be fun
This is the most important feeling in the world
Yea this is the good stuff
This is music for girls
Maybe where the stars collide
Shining down everything
Its gonna be alright
We'll last forever if we keep on dancing
Now it feels like I'm losing her
Nowadays she doesn't seem so keen
Is it cause I'm always rushing around
Is it cuase I'm always playing on my drum machine?
Well if this is really music
Why don't you want me in your world?
Well if this is really music
This is music for girls
Everything has all gone wrong
Feels like I'm singing the blues
About a million modern pop songs
From now on this is music for you
And only for you
This is music for you
I don't care about anyone else
Please, don't go
Don't go
Don't go
Feelin good jumpin on my bed
I had my favorite record on
My brother came into my room and said
"Well if this is really music
I wouldn't want it in my world
Well if this is really music
This is music for girls."
So back in town in 95
Fillin in for a drunken DJ
I tried to keep the floor alive
But all the boys at the bar would say
"Well if this is really music
I wouldn't want it in my world
Well if this is really music
This is music for girls."
And its everything to me
Feels like I'm fighting for something
Keep your bittersweet symphonies
Break your legs if you stop me dancing
And when I met this girl she moved me
Like no other girl had grooved me
It was something in the way she twists to all the latest tunes
When she took me back to her parent's place
And I wiped the glitter from her face
I was swooning in her teenage bedroom
So this is the beginning
Yea, this is the one
This is your life
This looks like its gonna be fun
This is the most important feeling in the world
Yea this is the good stuff
This is music for girls
Maybe where the stars collide
Shining down everything
Its gonna be alright
We'll last forever if we keep on dancing
Now it feels like I'm losing her
Nowadays she doesn't seem so keen
Is it cause I'm always rushing around
Is it cuase I'm always playing on my drum machine?
Well if this is really music
Why don't you want me in your world?
Well if this is really music
This is music for girls
Everything has all gone wrong
Feels like I'm singing the blues
About a million modern pop songs
From now on this is music for you
And only for you
This is music for you
I don't care about anyone else
Please, don't go
Don't go
Don't go
Lyrics submitted by mrtrout
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