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.
A black and white moving cloud of wings in the sky
A flock of vultures approach while blotting out the sun
Their shrieks are deafening
To the human ears
Of those who died, all return
Feel the hoofs, they're coming
Hear the growls, they're coming
Fallen prey now hunt their hunter
Vengeance of the animal beast
See their numbers, they're coming
Smell their stench, they're coming
Slaughtered victims now slay their master
Retaliation of the beast
Nations are trampled under four legged flesh
A pounding horde of hollow bodies in sight
They rear their skulls and cry out
Of all those who were killed, all return
Echoes of swine squeals distorting the silence
Reclaiming the loss of meat stolen from their bodies
Chewing and pissing on human remains
Of all those who were slain, all return
Moans and barks coming from the same direction
The human's pets no longer sit at their sides
Primitive instincts, animalistic dogma
Of all those in captivity, now in devious activity
Species without a language of words
Known only for their deeds
A call upon death, death answers quickly
Of all those who're alive, not an animal, not a man
Massive human emibration
Massive death inhabitation
A flock of vultures approach while blotting out the sun
Their shrieks are deafening
To the human ears
Of those who died, all return
Feel the hoofs, they're coming
Hear the growls, they're coming
Fallen prey now hunt their hunter
Vengeance of the animal beast
See their numbers, they're coming
Smell their stench, they're coming
Slaughtered victims now slay their master
Retaliation of the beast
Nations are trampled under four legged flesh
A pounding horde of hollow bodies in sight
They rear their skulls and cry out
Of all those who were killed, all return
Echoes of swine squeals distorting the silence
Reclaiming the loss of meat stolen from their bodies
Chewing and pissing on human remains
Of all those who were slain, all return
Moans and barks coming from the same direction
The human's pets no longer sit at their sides
Primitive instincts, animalistic dogma
Of all those in captivity, now in devious activity
Species without a language of words
Known only for their deeds
A call upon death, death answers quickly
Of all those who're alive, not an animal, not a man
Massive human emibration
Massive death inhabitation
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