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.
So you caught me all alone
Did you think I'd care at all
Now I'm sittin' by the phone
Waiting for you to call
It rang a million times before
I picked it up
I wear a stupid smile
Sayin' that I'm stuck
The effervencent beauty of a face so thin
All the stupid questions well they did me in
Who was I to think to tell
You drove 2- 0- 0
Fake plastic trees are dead
Have a good time when you fall
It rang a million times before
I picked it up
I wear a stupid smile
Sayin' that I'm stuck
The effervencent beauty of a face so thin
All the stupid questions well they did me in
Everything
Is upside down
Everything
Is over now
It rang a million times
When you lied to me
It rang a million times
When you lied
It rang a million times
It rang a million times
It rang a million times
It rang a million times
It's your birthday
I'm not there
Because you don't even
Know that I'm here
Fake trees you
Plant behind you
When it's me there
Right beside you
I'm the shade that
Creeps your shoulder
When it hides your face from me, I Can't get over
Can't get under
Can't get around or
Through to you, I
Can't get over
Can't get under
Can't get around or
Through to you
Everything
Is over now.
Did you think I'd care at all
Now I'm sittin' by the phone
Waiting for you to call
It rang a million times before
I picked it up
I wear a stupid smile
Sayin' that I'm stuck
The effervencent beauty of a face so thin
All the stupid questions well they did me in
Who was I to think to tell
You drove 2- 0- 0
Fake plastic trees are dead
Have a good time when you fall
It rang a million times before
I picked it up
I wear a stupid smile
Sayin' that I'm stuck
The effervencent beauty of a face so thin
All the stupid questions well they did me in
Everything
Is upside down
Everything
Is over now
It rang a million times
When you lied to me
It rang a million times
When you lied
It rang a million times
It rang a million times
It rang a million times
It rang a million times
It's your birthday
I'm not there
Because you don't even
Know that I'm here
Fake trees you
Plant behind you
When it's me there
Right beside you
I'm the shade that
Creeps your shoulder
When it hides your face from me, I Can't get over
Can't get under
Can't get around or
Through to you, I
Can't get over
Can't get under
Can't get around or
Through to you
Everything
Is over now.
Lyrics submitted by Jocasta
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