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.
Do I deserve these beatings?
Hating me,
Well then,
Cut, cut the noose
And let me fall away
I'm, growing weak and tired
Of you
And your little shoving games
Fucking
Pushing me.
You pulled the trigger,
Trapped in,
The wake,
Of your
Dream
You're all killers.
Always fucking pushing me
Insulting me
I've overcome
I have found the strength of gods in me.
Crushing
All unwilling
This is so unstoppable.
Hard as nails,
Hook that holds,
Reach down and find the strength of many in you.
My sanctuary
Calling my name,
So I run through
To the light,
Weeping through a cloud.
Darkened,
By a tainted dream,
Of me,
Being pummeled by the tide,
Crushing,
Killing me
But I can't wake up,
Trapped in,
The wake of a
Dream
You're all killers.
Always fucking pushing me,
Insulting me,
I've overcome,
I have found the strength of gods in me.
Crushing
All unwilling,
This is so unstoppable.
Hard as nails,
Hook that holds,
Reach down and find the strength of many in you.
Call it,
Call a truce.
I'm believing
In it more and more.
Comfort,
Purge the truth, I'll believe it.
I'm so weak and sore, shadowed
Hide and seek,
But you never looked.
I wait behind the door
Call out,
Bite the hand that is feeding
Compassion no more.
I hope I never wake up.
Dream-sewing, filters, distort reality of what is mine through light this mind awakens
I draw the line from then and now, awake and dreaming, forgotten past future becomes mine.
Throw the chains,
All away,
Take control,
Of your life.
Powers known,
This is my
Throw the chains,
All away,
Take control,
Of your life.
Powers known,
This is my
Dream
You're all killers.
Always fucking pushing me,
Insulting me,
I've overcome,
I have found the strength of gods in me.
Crushing
All unwilling,
This is so unstoppable.
Hard as nails,
Hook that holds,
Reach down and find the strength of many in you.
Hating me,
Well then,
Cut, cut the noose
And let me fall away
I'm, growing weak and tired
Of you
And your little shoving games
Fucking
Pushing me.
You pulled the trigger,
Trapped in,
The wake,
Of your
Dream
You're all killers.
Always fucking pushing me
Insulting me
I've overcome
I have found the strength of gods in me.
Crushing
All unwilling
This is so unstoppable.
Hard as nails,
Hook that holds,
Reach down and find the strength of many in you.
My sanctuary
Calling my name,
So I run through
To the light,
Weeping through a cloud.
Darkened,
By a tainted dream,
Of me,
Being pummeled by the tide,
Crushing,
Killing me
But I can't wake up,
Trapped in,
The wake of a
Dream
You're all killers.
Always fucking pushing me,
Insulting me,
I've overcome,
I have found the strength of gods in me.
Crushing
All unwilling,
This is so unstoppable.
Hard as nails,
Hook that holds,
Reach down and find the strength of many in you.
Call it,
Call a truce.
I'm believing
In it more and more.
Comfort,
Purge the truth, I'll believe it.
I'm so weak and sore, shadowed
Hide and seek,
But you never looked.
I wait behind the door
Call out,
Bite the hand that is feeding
Compassion no more.
I hope I never wake up.
Dream-sewing, filters, distort reality of what is mine through light this mind awakens
I draw the line from then and now, awake and dreaming, forgotten past future becomes mine.
Throw the chains,
All away,
Take control,
Of your life.
Powers known,
This is my
Throw the chains,
All away,
Take control,
Of your life.
Powers known,
This is my
Dream
You're all killers.
Always fucking pushing me,
Insulting me,
I've overcome,
I have found the strength of gods in me.
Crushing
All unwilling,
This is so unstoppable.
Hard as nails,
Hook that holds,
Reach down and find the strength of many in you.
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