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.
On the board and into the light
A creature presses me to go
For the same thing and this old pain
Catching my tears with laughter
And on the mat rots a young body
Where fate directs its puppets
For the same thing and this old pain
I know at last nothing's for free
On the board and into nothingness
everybody knows what remains at the end
the same thing and this old pain
driving me slowly into insanity
and on the mat rages the same war
still scorching my heart
the same thing and this old pain
I know at last
I will fuck!
[No more] - this old pain
[No more]
[No more] - this old pain
On the board and into the light
a creature presses me to go
for the same thing and the old grief
cathing my tears with laughter
and on the mat rots a young body
where fate directs its puppets
for the same thing and the old grief
I know at last
[No more] - this old pain
A creature presses me to go
For the same thing and this old pain
Catching my tears with laughter
And on the mat rots a young body
Where fate directs its puppets
For the same thing and this old pain
I know at last nothing's for free
On the board and into nothingness
everybody knows what remains at the end
the same thing and this old pain
driving me slowly into insanity
and on the mat rages the same war
still scorching my heart
the same thing and this old pain
I know at last
I will fuck!
[No more] - this old pain
[No more]
[No more] - this old pain
On the board and into the light
a creature presses me to go
for the same thing and the old grief
cathing my tears with laughter
and on the mat rots a young body
where fate directs its puppets
for the same thing and the old grief
I know at last
[No more] - this old pain
Lyrics submitted by John M
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well the I want to/will fuck line kinda give the whole thing away to me, its about someone who wants to have sex with a real person, not just masturbate like he is doing now, he feels like his young body is rotting and fate is making him touch himself like a puppet. He wants a real person in his bed
@LadyMage I kinda support your response to the lyrics as a valuable reading of the lyrics. Can\'t go with such statements as \'the right reading\'. There are other clues to flesh out the meaning(s) of Das Atle Leid; the fact the lyrics are written in French, yet sung in German, and the song is in the style of T-Rex (which) links with the sound dub of child\'s cry.