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.
Lowering clouds in the sky aglow
Darken my shield of victory
Is my fate doomed to hell on earth?
A shift in the wind guides me to to home
I stare in the mirror now
Who is that under my bloody mail?
I bury my lance and I kneel on this field
I rend the air with my old sword
I commend my soul to God
I?m fatally hurt but not by a knight
When I hear the sound of the blade
I recall all the blood shed in vain
I bury my lance and I knell on this field
I rend the air with my old sword
I commend my soul...
Wherever I turn my eyes I only see the lives
I shattered and they'll never find the path of the sun
Wherever I turn my head I only see the dead
I left behind, they'll never find the path of the sun
Darken my shield of victory
Is my fate doomed to hell on earth?
A shift in the wind guides me to to home
I stare in the mirror now
Who is that under my bloody mail?
I bury my lance and I kneel on this field
I rend the air with my old sword
I commend my soul to God
I?m fatally hurt but not by a knight
When I hear the sound of the blade
I recall all the blood shed in vain
I bury my lance and I knell on this field
I rend the air with my old sword
I commend my soul...
Wherever I turn my eyes I only see the lives
I shattered and they'll never find the path of the sun
Wherever I turn my head I only see the dead
I left behind, they'll never find the path of the sun
Lyrics submitted by Harmonical_Fatigue
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"Lowering clouds in the sky aglow Darken my shield of victory Is my fate doomed to hell on earth?" -- This part refers to the knight being unable to rejoice in his victory, and instead thinking that his new existence is like hell on Earth.
"A shift in the wind guides me to to home I stare in the mirror now Who is that under my bloody mail?" -- He doesn't recognize himself anymore after all the bloodshed (not physically obviously, but he can't believe what he's done).
"I bury my lance and I kneel on this field I rend the air with my old sword I commend my soul to God" -- He's entrusting his soul to God out of desperation.
"I'm fatally hurt but not by a knight When I hear the sound of the blade I recall all the blood shed in vain" -- He's hurt by the trauma of the memories of what he did during battle, all the blood he spilled. The sound of a blade (sword) is specifically his trigger which makes him remember the living nightmare of the battle. This is why I suggested perhaps the song is at least somewhat about PTSD earlier on; the whole idea of having a trigger like which sends you back to the traumatic memories and "fatally" incapacitates is very reminiscent of PTSD.
"Wherever I turn my eyes I only see the lives I shattered and they'll never find the path of the sun Wherever I turn my head I only see the dead I left behind, they'll never find the path of the sun" -- All he can see is all the people he killed, whose lives he ended too early ("who'll never find the path of the sun").
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