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.
Sarah meant a lot to me
Sarah meant a lot to me
Sarah meant a lot to me
but she’s just a freak on a rock out in space
and I’m a brain inside a man
much too affected by the plan
to ever really understand it
I see through the window of a fish-to-frog
and frog-to-ape
I change my shape
outside, inside, where’s my God?
Albert meant a lot to me
Hawking meant a lot to me
Dawkins meant a lot to me
but they say Sarah, she ain’t nothing but scum
but I know this to be a lie
cause she can look into the sky
and she can start to understand it
her brain is a mobile of the sun and moon
behind her face
is all of space and time
that’s why, there’s my God
how many million years? what does that mean?
how many billion years? was it fifteen?
reduce it to nothing but luck
that’s enough time to make anything
question my soul, unlock my code, dig up my bones, space-time unfold
spark light quark bright fire mighty charge meet charge matter meet matter heat up cool down star quasar supernova sun moon planet cell fish shellfish brain mouth eyes legs man fire sing shout fight fire with fire
a multiversal view is more than Sarah can count cause that’s an infinite amount
and there are infinite types
does that mean David is right? in at least one or most or all of them
if I’m a spiritual machine
take me back to the green hear me hear me
i want to live forever
shouldn’t be too long now
Sarah?
Sarah meant a lot to me
Sarah meant a lot to me
but she’s just a freak on a rock out in space
and I’m a brain inside a man
much too affected by the plan
to ever really understand it
I see through the window of a fish-to-frog
and frog-to-ape
I change my shape
outside, inside, where’s my God?
Albert meant a lot to me
Hawking meant a lot to me
Dawkins meant a lot to me
but they say Sarah, she ain’t nothing but scum
but I know this to be a lie
cause she can look into the sky
and she can start to understand it
her brain is a mobile of the sun and moon
behind her face
is all of space and time
that’s why, there’s my God
how many million years? what does that mean?
how many billion years? was it fifteen?
reduce it to nothing but luck
that’s enough time to make anything
question my soul, unlock my code, dig up my bones, space-time unfold
spark light quark bright fire mighty charge meet charge matter meet matter heat up cool down star quasar supernova sun moon planet cell fish shellfish brain mouth eyes legs man fire sing shout fight fire with fire
a multiversal view is more than Sarah can count cause that’s an infinite amount
and there are infinite types
does that mean David is right? in at least one or most or all of them
if I’m a spiritual machine
take me back to the green hear me hear me
i want to live forever
shouldn’t be too long now
Sarah?
Lyrics submitted by Quinnypoo
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I always thought it was, "How many billion years was I fifteen?" A comment on the subjective, drawn-out perception of time when one is young and unhappy...
I kinda like mine better. :-)