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.
slip coma deep inside an industrialists mind
pour yourself into the creased appeal of a financeman's suit
you keep on exchanging handshakes and smiles
with chatshow hosts like butterflies
fly down and hide in the zeros and the ones
and let's all sing:
Hallelujiah! Hallelujiah!
the missile can fly -
decode the cypher
the cryptic message within a government health warning
and it's the same song everytime
oh no! -
your big mushroom cloud
it's gone and it's fucked up my view
well we could gleem a world of jackpots
and corportate value
learn to leave our uglyselves behind
you've got to feel the power as it flows
from businessmen and motherloads
become a soul of pure caffeine
live life like a coke machine
Hallelujiah! Hallelujiah!
praise god for hollywood teeth
crash your karma into little bits of happiness
it's okay - i know a quick and easy way
we ain't devine we've all got our faults
seismic minds
think seismic sized thoughts
don't matter which way we're facing
so long as we're rolling forwards
you'd better look out below
relentlessly and without tiring
we're gonna keep rolling forwards
here we go
mister executive man
pick your way through the debris
lubricate your gun
between the devil and the sea
sleeping solvent and sound
and ethically free
right upon my back
a panzer running over me
when i had my hands in the air
invoice me
and then your mother
pour yourself into the creased appeal of a financeman's suit
you keep on exchanging handshakes and smiles
with chatshow hosts like butterflies
fly down and hide in the zeros and the ones
and let's all sing:
Hallelujiah! Hallelujiah!
the missile can fly -
decode the cypher
the cryptic message within a government health warning
and it's the same song everytime
oh no! -
your big mushroom cloud
it's gone and it's fucked up my view
well we could gleem a world of jackpots
and corportate value
learn to leave our uglyselves behind
you've got to feel the power as it flows
from businessmen and motherloads
become a soul of pure caffeine
live life like a coke machine
Hallelujiah! Hallelujiah!
praise god for hollywood teeth
crash your karma into little bits of happiness
it's okay - i know a quick and easy way
we ain't devine we've all got our faults
seismic minds
think seismic sized thoughts
don't matter which way we're facing
so long as we're rolling forwards
you'd better look out below
relentlessly and without tiring
we're gonna keep rolling forwards
here we go
mister executive man
pick your way through the debris
lubricate your gun
between the devil and the sea
sleeping solvent and sound
and ethically free
right upon my back
a panzer running over me
when i had my hands in the air
invoice me
and then your mother
Lyrics submitted by HansMaulwurf
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