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.
Cut me up today
I should've stood in your way
You lied
And everywhere a dream
Nothing came between
I died
Give me away
I will not be for you
God comes down
Never gonna be the same
Never gonna be the same
Never gonna be the same
And if you want water
And if you want food
And if you want shelter
I can not come over to you
And if you want love now
Or a needle and a spoon
You gotta show a little faith in me
Now baby I can't come over to you
It's never gonna be the same
Never gonna be the same
God come down
And if you want hard out
Sittin' by the bay
Well the sun went down tomorrow
It will not come up today
And if you want love now
And wrapped your arms so cruel
If there's a god,it's me now baby
I can not come over to you
It's never gonna be the same
She drew me in anyway
She lied
You gotta show a little faith
Your old run across your name
What goes up must go down down down
God and if I wanted fame now
Or the glory of the womb
And if I want my name emblazed on every light a new
And if I wanted Christ
Or a messiah by my side
I can't believe in anything
I know that mary lied
Sent you up today
Could've got in your way
Oh mary lied
Do you know
Can you feel it
Do you feel me
Yeah
And if you wanted madness
If you want what's pure
Well you gotta come over to me
Baby my life doesn't reach to you
And if you want love so
Unconditional and real
You gotta ride that black horse baby
Through the depths of hell that I've been
Follow me away yeah
I will be the same
Strongest one to name
Through the valley of life
I'm gonna be the same
Goodnight goodnight goodnight
Oh never be the same
I should've stood in your way
You lied
And everywhere a dream
Nothing came between
I died
Give me away
I will not be for you
God comes down
Never gonna be the same
Never gonna be the same
Never gonna be the same
And if you want water
And if you want food
And if you want shelter
I can not come over to you
And if you want love now
Or a needle and a spoon
You gotta show a little faith in me
Now baby I can't come over to you
It's never gonna be the same
Never gonna be the same
God come down
And if you want hard out
Sittin' by the bay
Well the sun went down tomorrow
It will not come up today
And if you want love now
And wrapped your arms so cruel
If there's a god,it's me now baby
I can not come over to you
It's never gonna be the same
She drew me in anyway
She lied
You gotta show a little faith
Your old run across your name
What goes up must go down down down
God and if I wanted fame now
Or the glory of the womb
And if I want my name emblazed on every light a new
And if I wanted Christ
Or a messiah by my side
I can't believe in anything
I know that mary lied
Sent you up today
Could've got in your way
Oh mary lied
Do you know
Can you feel it
Do you feel me
Yeah
And if you wanted madness
If you want what's pure
Well you gotta come over to me
Baby my life doesn't reach to you
And if you want love so
Unconditional and real
You gotta ride that black horse baby
Through the depths of hell that I've been
Follow me away yeah
I will be the same
Strongest one to name
Through the valley of life
I'm gonna be the same
Goodnight goodnight goodnight
Oh never be the same
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This is my absolute favorite song on the album. It's about giving up in a sense that she has no power... "And if you wanted water, and if you wanted food, and if you wanted shelter, I cannot come over to you, and if you want love now, or a needle and a spoon, you gotta show a little faith in me now baby, I cannot come over to you" and all the other parts where she discusses not being about to reach to the other side.
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it's her goodbye song to him. she acknowledges how things will never be the same because of his death. a lot of people miss that fact that a good bulk of her songs after his death are about him (ever before his death...Doll Parts started out as part of a letter she faxed him) and his death has dominated a large part of her emotional life. I can not come over to you can be in reference of two things...how she could not come to him right before he died, because she was in rehab, and how she cannot die and join him in the afterlife because she has responsibilities in life and other loved ones (Frances) and so he will have to wait for her. If you want food water shelter are all references to how she took care of him...should have stood in your way is a reference to how she feels guilty for not doing enough to stop his suicide (she chose to keep his suicidal tendencies secret...not even telling his Rehab Exodus...if they had been notified, they would have put him on suicide watch...then he wouldn't have been able to leave and kill himself...not that i blame her for his death, if someone really wants to die they will find a way) if you want the needle and the spoon is a reference to his drug habit...heroin. And most poignant and sad in the whole song is the end where she is softly singing goodnight and goodbye at the end. perhaps this is her way of finally laying him to rest in her mind and saying goodbye to him
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See I agree about it being the birth of her new life. But half the time the lyrics really reflect Kurt. Although I am heavily doubting it is about him.
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