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.
There's a story
I would like to tell
My problem is
Its one you know too well
Its one you know too well
Miss Suzy lee
The one I'm speaking of
The question is
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love?
Alright
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love?
She sent me flowers
With her tears burned inside
And you know what I'd do?
I would run and hide
I would run and hide
And the paper
On it was my name
With the question
Do you feel the same?
Do you feel the same
Alright
To end this tale
The one I'm speaking of
I wish I had an answer but I just don't know
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
I would like to tell
My problem is
Its one you know too well
Its one you know too well
Miss Suzy lee
The one I'm speaking of
The question is
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love?
Alright
Is she the one I love?
Is she the one I love?
She sent me flowers
With her tears burned inside
And you know what I'd do?
I would run and hide
I would run and hide
And the paper
On it was my name
With the question
Do you feel the same?
Do you feel the same
Alright
To end this tale
The one I'm speaking of
I wish I had an answer but I just don't know
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
Is this really love?
Lyrics submitted by nowordsforyou, edited by iroc-z
Suzy Lee Lyrics as written by Jack White
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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this band totally blew me away when i first heard them.... a modern mainstream band with led zeppelin, ramones, and nirvana roots? ive been waiting for a band like this. its obvious they listen to lots of zeppelin, especially from this song. The guitar playing is inventive, with a blues sound, definetly the way zeppelin did it. If someone told me that zeppelin wrote this song, i might have believed them, and thats why this band is the only good new band out right now.
weird connection with this song and "we are gonna be friends"
suzy lee is just a substitute name probibly instead of just saying Megs name. you gotta know these "love" songs are about the relationship between him and Meg.
uncoolman: how do you know that it's about him and meg?
Whoever this Suzy Lee character is, she's in like 5 songs.
Whoever this Suzy Lee character is, she's in like 5 songs.
yeah, I think Suzy Lee is really Meg. Jack has to be really confused, I mean, he marries her, divorces and now he carries her everywhere as if they were stuck on each other... and then he asks why de doesn't do well with girlfriends... there is an unfinished issue there...
I think Jack still loves Meg, but rather than being in the husband and wife sense, it's in a brother-sister way. He just wants to make sure nobody hurts her or does her wrong.
Wasn't her 2nd wedding in Jack's backyard?
well if jack still likes meg then this song could defineitely be about her. and ROBRAM89 what are the other song she is in? i know its this and we are gonn be friends what else?
Suzy Lee is mentioned in the thanks of a few albums too, and on loads of their songs, he certainly has a thing about her, however she is.