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.
Outside, the world's on fire
You try to breathe but you're tired
There's nothing anyone can say
To point the people in the right way
Still, we say
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
I took a walk to the cafe
Passed the spots where the kids play
Those kids are all locked up inside
There's no seek now, there's only hide
Still, we say
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh-oh-oh, where to go?
Hey, hey, hey, we're locked away
And I can only cry
Yesterday, got a warning
Then we woke up in the morning
We're the ones who crashed this train
Now things will never be the same
Still, we say
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
You try to breathe but you're tired
There's nothing anyone can say
To point the people in the right way
Still, we say
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
I took a walk to the cafe
Passed the spots where the kids play
Those kids are all locked up inside
There's no seek now, there's only hide
Still, we say
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh-oh-oh, where to go?
Hey, hey, hey, we're locked away
And I can only cry
Yesterday, got a warning
Then we woke up in the morning
We're the ones who crashed this train
Now things will never be the same
Still, we say
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
Oh not today, good times are coming around
Oh not today, nothing is bringing us down
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meaning's kinda obvious :)
I thank God you came along...
lyrics more like...
Shoelaces untied, you can dry your eye, Perfect shadows lie behind us, And this is the day I make you mine. The way your hair lies, Sometimes unrecognized,
All the way from Nice today on a train. Nothing to say but there’s still time.
You are the one I’ve been waiting for today. Here comes the sun It’s been baiting on today.
Lately I’ve lost my tongue, Today you found my song.
unknown our love has grown I thank God you came along.
You are the one I've been waiting for today Here comes the sun It's been baiting morn today
You looked right through me there’s no one else I sat beside you and became myself today. Today.
You are the one I’ve been waiting for today. Here comes the sun It’s been beating on today
woops,
the last line of the chorus is... "here comes the sun, it's been baiting morn today."
"I sat beside you and became myself today."
Amazing.
in an interview, he said he wrote the lyrics when he was 16, in france, on a train, about a woman he saw but never talked to.
i was thinking that this would be a good song to walk down the isle too. do a rekon that would work? lines like "Nothing to say there’s still time. You are the one I’ve been waiting for today. Here comes the sun It’s been beating on today."
makes me think he's singing about the day he's getting married. obviously seeing as that person saw him interviewed it doesnt actuly mean that.
but it could eh?
yeah it definately could. this was ellen degeneres's wedding song.
The offical site says it's "baiting 'morn", but if you where thinking of it as a wedding day (which i really like!) "It's been betted on today" or "i've been betting on today" would make sense, as in he was taking the risk of a rainy day...anyway, I love this song!
Just to confirm what MissJenna said, I was lucky enough to see Joshua live last month and he confirmed that he wrote the song when he was 16 on a train from Nice, hence the lyric about being the place. He intended to give her the lyrics but didn't, so put music to them when he was older.
Have a look at the live version here, which features that story:
uk.youtube.com/watch
its about being with a person that make you a better person.
yeah...i agree with pipsi...this song would work so well for gettin married. acutally come to think of it...pipsi is just awesome all together. LOVE YOU POL!