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.
Today was a pretty day
No disappointments
No expectations on your whereabouts
And oh, did I let you go?
Did it finally show
That strange things will happen if you let them?
Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
Today was a pretty day
Autumn comes with
These slight surprises where your life might twist and turn
Hope to unlearn
Strange things will happen
If you let them come around and stick around
Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
Today I didn't even look to find
Something to put me in that peace of mind
You can't touch me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
No disappointments
No expectations on your whereabouts
And oh, did I let you go?
Did it finally show
That strange things will happen if you let them?
Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
Today was a pretty day
Autumn comes with
These slight surprises where your life might twist and turn
Hope to unlearn
Strange things will happen
If you let them come around and stick around
Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
Today I didn't even try to hide
I'll stay here and never push things to the side
Today I didn't even look to find
Something to put me in that peace of mind
You can't touch me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
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this song is like finally deciding to put down your weapons and stop fighting. and the strange calm that comes with discovering you can't be touched, and maybe you didn't really want what you thought you wanted all this time.
oopsie, double posted aha. but honestly, this song deserves all the attention it generates, even accidental double posts.
my best friend made me know this song almost one year ago... a comforting song that talks about some little steps you try to make to stop hiding. I like how the soft music matches with the lyrics.
Today I didn't even try to hide I'll stay here and never push things to the side
Its about a failed relationship, where she has moved on and is happy, but he still is miserable, but .. Not any more. Not today.
This song, to me, is saying how we should break this regular cycle of life. Great and strange things will happen if you let them There's always some people from the other side that persuade us, but we are too scared to act.
I know that the common interpretation is that this song is about the dynamic between two ex-lovers, and while I understand that this was probably the writer's intention, the song has always been a very different story to me. To me, the artist is singing about life and death. Let me explain:
In the song, the term "day" is used as a metaphor for a lifetime, particularly, that of the singer (or lyricist.) The entire song is a beautiful story of a life filled with strange occurrences and no regrets, and it playfully encourages the listener (the living) to live their lives to the fullest. 'Strange things will happen' throughout your life, and you choose how they affect you (these slight surprises when your life might twist and turn.)
The ending of the song almost made me cry the first few times I heard it, because the metaphor and message were so clear and so beautiful to me:
"Today I didn't even try to hide I'll stay here and never push things to the side Today I didn't even look to find Something to put me in that peace of mind You can't touch me cause I'm way beyond you today"
Amazing song, no matter how you interpret it.
I love this song.
I love this band.
i love this band*.