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.
More calm than a heartbeat that flatlines
Quiet like a dark street, under the moonlight
A phrase of action that's been screamed from the guts of men
Ever since their experienced injustice, prejudice, discrimination
A word louder that a gunshot
And softer that a baby's laugh
It will pass, just like it always has
Until it spits off the lips of the next man who's had it up to here
Chorus 1:
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head?
Is that what it takes to make a solution (solution)
Not the first or the last to imagine it
Acknowledge the concepts, question and grasp it
Reber against the I, bring down the self
Mutiny Me! Overthrow You!
Rebellion starts within
The time is now!
Chorus 2:
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head?
Is that what it takes to make a solution (solution)
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head?
Is that what it takes to make a solution?
Your revolution
Bridge:
Purple skies, devil eyes, hypnotize
Little lies, compromise, fireflies
Samurais, parasite, fly by night, after life, materialize
Look alike, stereotype, do or die, lullaby, black and white
Chorus 3:
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head? (your revolution)
Is that what it takes to make a solution (solution, your revolution)
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or at least it's been said (your revolution)
I that what it takes to make a solution?
Your revolution (no resolution)
Your revolution (what's your solution?)
Your revolution (no substitution)
Your revolution (no resolution)
Your revolution (not your solution)
Quiet like a dark street, under the moonlight
A phrase of action that's been screamed from the guts of men
Ever since their experienced injustice, prejudice, discrimination
A word louder that a gunshot
And softer that a baby's laugh
It will pass, just like it always has
Until it spits off the lips of the next man who's had it up to here
Chorus 1:
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head?
Is that what it takes to make a solution (solution)
Not the first or the last to imagine it
Acknowledge the concepts, question and grasp it
Reber against the I, bring down the self
Mutiny Me! Overthrow You!
Rebellion starts within
The time is now!
Chorus 2:
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head?
Is that what it takes to make a solution (solution)
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head?
Is that what it takes to make a solution?
Your revolution
Bridge:
Purple skies, devil eyes, hypnotize
Little lies, compromise, fireflies
Samurais, parasite, fly by night, after life, materialize
Look alike, stereotype, do or die, lullaby, black and white
Chorus 3:
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or is it all in my head? (your revolution)
Is that what it takes to make a solution (solution, your revolution)
Did somebody say a revolution?
Or at least it's been said (your revolution)
I that what it takes to make a solution?
Your revolution (no resolution)
Your revolution (what's your solution?)
Your revolution (no substitution)
Your revolution (no resolution)
Your revolution (not your solution)
Lyrics submitted by trdotnet
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p.o.d are such a bunch of cocks. for one thing, the lyrics are just meaningless. revolution and solution!? no way! no need to break out the rhyming dictionary with these geniuses. wow. oh and the plural of samurai is samurai. dumbasses.