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.
I saw you, in a way
Beyond figure out
These lines of life have been drawn & can't be removed
Our eyes is all it took to know
Open up your eyes
Deep blue, glassy take
& swim 'til water & sky
Now are one, out of two
Oh, my bloodshot eyes
Open up your mouth
Touch your lips to mine
That we may make a kiss that can pierce through death & survive
Your words have branded my mind
Still i hold your hand
Wrapped as if a ring
We of flesh & blood are only carrying
It's so hard to
Well, you know
The seed waits for the reaper to sew
Every breath an art
The dignity to it can strain & break your heart
Take all your pieces home
You ask when you're alon, "what is love"
The blood is love
Beyond figure out
These lines of life have been drawn & can't be removed
Our eyes is all it took to know
Open up your eyes
Deep blue, glassy take
& swim 'til water & sky
Now are one, out of two
Oh, my bloodshot eyes
Open up your mouth
Touch your lips to mine
That we may make a kiss that can pierce through death & survive
Your words have branded my mind
Still i hold your hand
Wrapped as if a ring
We of flesh & blood are only carrying
It's so hard to
Well, you know
The seed waits for the reaper to sew
Every breath an art
The dignity to it can strain & break your heart
Take all your pieces home
You ask when you're alon, "what is love"
The blood is love
Lyrics submitted by incubus_gigbutt, edited by eleventy4, Astelasso
The Blood Is Love Lyrics as written by Joey Castillo Josh Homme
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love and death, yep. i think this song is split in two though, him singing about before his love died and then after. this is my favorite song.
'saw you in a way beyond figure out these lines of life have been drawn and can't be removed Our eyes is all it took to know'
i think this is him talking about his love and how close they were and how he knew she was going to die as 'these lines of life have been drawn and cant be removed' shows.
'Open up your eyes deep blue glassy take and swim til water and sky now are one out of two Oh my bloodshot eyes'
i see this as him looking into her eyes and 'swim til water and sky' meaning sort of a reach for eternal happiness, water and sky meaning somewhere beautiful. 'now are one out of two' him being just one as shes dying, instead of being part of two together. 'oh my blood shot eyes' meaning him being upset and crying.
'Open up your mouth and touch your lips to mine that we may make a kiss that can pierce through death and survive your words have branded my mind'
hes trying to hold on to her 'touch your lips to mine that we may make a kiss that can pierce through death and survive'. beautiful. after this verse i think she has died, as the music gets more intense and dark, i think it represents her death.
'Still I hold your hand wrapped as if a ring that we of flesh and blood are only carrying'
again, holding on after shes gone, talking about his love. i think the line 'wrapped as if a ring, that we of flesh and blood are only carrying' means that he thinks of them as married (even if they were not) because of their connection, because love and marriage mean more than the rings people 'people meaning we of flesh and blood, those who are alive' are 'only carrying'.
'so hard to... well you know the seed waits for the reaper to sew'
'the seed waits for the reaper to sew' means once people are created they wait for death to take them. so hard to.. deal with her death.
'Every breath I know Indignity to learn it Can strain and break your heart'
i think 'indignity to learn it' means indignity to learn how to deal with her death. so i think it means, because i cant bare to deal with her death, every breath i take can strain and break my heart.
'Take all your pieces home You ask when you're alone what is love? The blood is love'
maybe about having to go out in public while dealing with your sadness and going home alone with your broken heart 'take all your pieces home' and questioning things.
i dont quite understand what 'the blood is love' means. but i kind of like that im not sure what it means. i want it to mean he killed himself. (i think its romantic)