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.
Isn’t it tempting
The matter and the flesh
Isn’t it charming
Can’t you see who I am
I am your angel
I am your angel
Of the dark
I am matter and flesh
Time before the time
Life before it ever started
Then I was created
An angel to behold your shining light
Your ever shining light
I have seen the first sunrise
Bringing light intothe world (countless worlds)
And the dark of thousand nights
Descending on the Earth (on this Earth)
Before I fell from grace
(Before I fell from Heaven denied)
Do you know me by my name (by my name)
Lucifer your angel (of sin)
You have made me who I am (who I am)
I am the light bringer (your dearest angel of sin)
Do you know me by my name
Lucifer that brings the light
I am matter and flesh
The matter and the flesh
(shaped by your hands of god)
I think therefore I am
I think therefore I sin (matter and flesh)
I want power to create
And comprehend all things (with my mind)
All that there is to see (with these eyes)
Time before the time
Light before it ever shone on men
Lost forever
Into the abyss to rule in Hell
Do you remember loving me
(Do you remember desire)
Do you know me by my name (by my name)
Lucifer your angel (of sin)
You have made me who I am (who I am)
I am the light bringer (your dearest angel of sin)
Do you know me by my name
Lucifer that brings the light
Do you remember when I was but a thought
In your mind of god
Prime Evil in your thought
Beautiful as only I can be
I seduce the foolish mortal being (as is thy will of god)
My name until the end of time
Is Lucifer (your angel of sin) that brings the light
Isn’t it tempting
Isn’t it tempting
Isn’t it tempting
I am matter and flesh
The matter and the flesh
(Shaped by your hands of god)
Time before the time (before temptation) (thematter and the flesh)
Light before the light (light before desire)
Light before the fall (from Heaven denied)
Light before the fall
The matter and the flesh
Isn’t it charming
Can’t you see who I am
I am your angel
I am your angel
Of the dark
I am matter and flesh
Time before the time
Life before it ever started
Then I was created
An angel to behold your shining light
Your ever shining light
I have seen the first sunrise
Bringing light intothe world (countless worlds)
And the dark of thousand nights
Descending on the Earth (on this Earth)
Before I fell from grace
(Before I fell from Heaven denied)
Do you know me by my name (by my name)
Lucifer your angel (of sin)
You have made me who I am (who I am)
I am the light bringer (your dearest angel of sin)
Do you know me by my name
Lucifer that brings the light
I am matter and flesh
The matter and the flesh
(shaped by your hands of god)
I think therefore I am
I think therefore I sin (matter and flesh)
I want power to create
And comprehend all things (with my mind)
All that there is to see (with these eyes)
Time before the time
Light before it ever shone on men
Lost forever
Into the abyss to rule in Hell
Do you remember loving me
(Do you remember desire)
Do you know me by my name (by my name)
Lucifer your angel (of sin)
You have made me who I am (who I am)
I am the light bringer (your dearest angel of sin)
Do you know me by my name
Lucifer that brings the light
Do you remember when I was but a thought
In your mind of god
Prime Evil in your thought
Beautiful as only I can be
I seduce the foolish mortal being (as is thy will of god)
My name until the end of time
Is Lucifer (your angel of sin) that brings the light
Isn’t it tempting
Isn’t it tempting
Isn’t it tempting
I am matter and flesh
The matter and the flesh
(Shaped by your hands of god)
Time before the time (before temptation) (thematter and the flesh)
Light before the light (light before desire)
Light before the fall (from Heaven denied)
Light before the fall
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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