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.
Let's seal this greeting with the passion from a razor's kiss.
Compassion, a virtue never synonymous with this name.
Now my gaze pierces two sets of somber eyes,
Of which only dreams had brought in yesteryear.
My misery, my bane, and my envy personified.
I will take everything from you.
I will replicate an assembled heart, forged from your collective agony,
And I will tear away until there are but two beating hearts before me.
I will tear away, for my greatest triumph lies in the:
Fear, loathing, resentment, and spite
Will scourge them both for the rest of their wretched days.
Compassion, a virtue never synonymous with this name.
Now my gaze pierces two sets of somber eyes,
Of which only dreams had brought in yesteryear.
My misery, my bane, and my envy personified.
I will take everything from you.
I will replicate an assembled heart, forged from your collective agony,
And I will tear away until there are but two beating hearts before me.
I will tear away, for my greatest triumph lies in the:
Fear, loathing, resentment, and spite
Will scourge them both for the rest of their wretched days.
Lyrics submitted by (shevanel)
My Promise Lyrics as written by Cappelli Brooks
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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this song is fucking amazing and i saw them perform it last night with god forbid and caliban and it was off the hook.
If I want to get all emo about this song (as heavy as it is) here it is.
This song is about being dumped for somebody else and you're just so torn up about the idea of someone you love being with somebody else that you would rather see them both dead. Taking their lives because of your misery and being happy of the fact that you did.
don't like this it dies today song.... don't like it dies today at all.... dunno why... just got sick of their guitaring... breakdowns r plain and the some... i'm a guitarest and heard them some old some old.... in fact all there guitaring is plain and the some sort of riffs in most of there songs.. but this is not about that..lyrics.. um.... don't like what hes trying to say in this sog.. if u loved this person so much wouldn't u much rather seen them b happy and alive? yeah u'll b cut about gettin dumped and her goin out with some1 else.. its just sending the wrong message.......
Actually, you're a "guitarist."
thanx 4 pointing that out..i need 2 check over things befor i post them...
This song is about watching someone you were with leave you for another person whom you cared for. They both betrayed you; And you wish them both to burn in the eternal flames.
"Let's seal this greeting with the passion from a razor's kiss." Simpleton terms; They care so little about him that kissing a razor would be more satisfying than with the woman (or man) whom he (or she) loved.
"Compassion, a virtue never synonymous with this name." The person lacks compassion; Empathy, the ability to understand why it hurt's them the way it does.
"Now my gaze pierces two sets of somber eyes," "Of which only dreams had brought in yesteryear." Looking into the eyes of their now past friend and their past lover, which only dreams can bring nostalgia back without experiencing the pain of current day.
"My misery, my bane, and my envy personified." "I will take everything from you." They will bring their feelings to life, and take everything that 'those people' took from them, away from them in spite.
"I will replicate an assembled heart, forged from your collective agony," They'll figuratively put together the two 'hearts' of the couple based along the lines of how much they hurt the writer.
"And I will tear away until there are but two beating hearts before me." He'll then shred the collective singular manifestation of a figurative heart into 'two' separate figurative pieces, of which were created by the amount of pain of which the writer experienced.
"I will tear away, for my greatest triumph lies in the:" Fear, loathing, resentment, and spite" Explaining what they accomplished by betraying (the writer). The fear of others doing the same to (the writer), loathing of which of those two, the resentment of the two, and the spite of which (the writer) feels of this sort of act.
"Will scourge them both for the rest of their wretched days." (The writer) will forever hold a grudge and punish them for what they did to (the writer) for the rest of their days.
It's actually not a hard one to understand, but it certainly has a place in a lot of peoples hearts. Watching your significant other fall for someone you considered a friend, only to notice it happening. Deny it, or confront and get it denied. For them to then abruptly leave you, and blame it on you. That sort of pain doesn't just sting, it lingers and manifests the worst kind of emotions out of you. The song itself (musically) doesn't fit with the lyrics, but it does reflect upon that persons emotional state during this entire album.