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.
Tell me now you sinner
You run for a better world
Tell me why you'd leave her
Despite all the hurt
Don't deny that you once tried to mend
The circumstances now out of hand
And don't deny your life's a living hell
You're a shadow of your own self
Tell me now you sinner
Still lost in your secret world
Tell me now you've seen her
You know how she hurts
Don't deny that you will understand
The circumstances of pain at hand
And don't assert that we will both survive
'Cause I can't take more of life
Stretch your arms out for the fire
For another dark desire
In the fields you burn with loss again
As you dream your life away
Say: would you never walk away
On the break of a coming day
Would you end this line with me
Would you like to waste away what we've ever been?
Would you like to come along with me?
Would you like to lay to rest our insanity?
Would you like to cope for the unreal?
You run for a better world
Tell me why you'd leave her
Despite all the hurt
Don't deny that you once tried to mend
The circumstances now out of hand
And don't deny your life's a living hell
You're a shadow of your own self
Tell me now you sinner
Still lost in your secret world
Tell me now you've seen her
You know how she hurts
Don't deny that you will understand
The circumstances of pain at hand
And don't assert that we will both survive
'Cause I can't take more of life
Stretch your arms out for the fire
For another dark desire
In the fields you burn with loss again
As you dream your life away
Say: would you never walk away
On the break of a coming day
Would you end this line with me
Would you like to waste away what we've ever been?
Would you like to come along with me?
Would you like to lay to rest our insanity?
Would you like to cope for the unreal?
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