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.
Pictures of what used to be,
Lie in pieces on the floor
Finds himself in an empty room,
Her voice calls out to him
He opens the door, but there's no one there
No one there...
Draped in a silken glow of moonlight
Through the mist I see, a lucid cathedral appears to me.
Pray for a glimpse of touch of sunlight
Chain our shadow down, night settles in, my love,
You never make a sound.
Love is flowing from my fingertips
Never in control of this domain.
All around me, my essence lay
Watch the vultures circle through the pouring rain.
Close your eyes - and try to remember
Discordant lullabies of days gone by.
Close your eyes - on the edge of forever
A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends.
As the walls converge around me.
Castles crumbling down, everything is not
As it seems to be.
Once more, I fells I must return
No more will my soul burn. Dawn breaks the ground,
My love,
And with it you fade away...
Close your eyes - and try to remember
Discordant lullabies of days gone by.
Close your eyes - on the edge of forever
A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends.
Close your eyes - and try to remember
Discordant lullabies of days gone by.
Close your eyes - on the edge of forever
A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends.
My love never dies...
Lie in pieces on the floor
Finds himself in an empty room,
Her voice calls out to him
He opens the door, but there's no one there
No one there...
Draped in a silken glow of moonlight
Through the mist I see, a lucid cathedral appears to me.
Pray for a glimpse of touch of sunlight
Chain our shadow down, night settles in, my love,
You never make a sound.
Love is flowing from my fingertips
Never in control of this domain.
All around me, my essence lay
Watch the vultures circle through the pouring rain.
Close your eyes - and try to remember
Discordant lullabies of days gone by.
Close your eyes - on the edge of forever
A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends.
As the walls converge around me.
Castles crumbling down, everything is not
As it seems to be.
Once more, I fells I must return
No more will my soul burn. Dawn breaks the ground,
My love,
And with it you fade away...
Close your eyes - and try to remember
Discordant lullabies of days gone by.
Close your eyes - on the edge of forever
A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends.
Close your eyes - and try to remember
Discordant lullabies of days gone by.
Close your eyes - on the edge of forever
A chance to dream, fast asleep your nightmare ends.
My love never dies...
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