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.
Nocturnal poetry
Dressed in the whitest silver you'd smile at me
Every night I wait for my sweet Selene
But still
Solitude's upon my skin
A life that's bound by the chains of reality
Would you let me your Endymion
I would
Bathe in your moonlight and slumber in peace
Enchanted by your kiss in forever sleep
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
Shadows they will fade
Without you
Serene and silent sky
Rays of moon dancing with the tide
A perfect sight, a world divine
And I
The loneliest child alive
Always waiting, searching for my rhyme
I'm still alone in the dead of night
Silent I lie with a smile on my face
appearance deceives and the silence betrays
As I wait for the time
My dream comes alive
Always out of sight
But never out of mind
And under waning moon
Still I long for you
Alone against the light
Solitude am I
In the end I'm enslaved by my dream
In the end there's no soul who'd bleed for me
Hidden from daylight sealed in my cave
Trapped in a dream that is slowly turning to nightmare,
Where I'm all alone
Venial is like when you're but a dream
The book is still open the pages as empty as me
I cling to a hope that's beginning to fade
Trying to break, the desolation I hate
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
We will never meet
Only misery and me
This my final call
My even fall
Drowning into time
I become the night
By the light of new die
I'll fade away
Reality cuts deep
Would you bleed with me
My Selene
Dressed in the whitest silver you'd smile at me
Every night I wait for my sweet Selene
But still
Solitude's upon my skin
A life that's bound by the chains of reality
Would you let me your Endymion
I would
Bathe in your moonlight and slumber in peace
Enchanted by your kiss in forever sleep
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
Shadows they will fade
Without you
Serene and silent sky
Rays of moon dancing with the tide
A perfect sight, a world divine
And I
The loneliest child alive
Always waiting, searching for my rhyme
I'm still alone in the dead of night
Silent I lie with a smile on my face
appearance deceives and the silence betrays
As I wait for the time
My dream comes alive
Always out of sight
But never out of mind
And under waning moon
Still I long for you
Alone against the light
Solitude am I
In the end I'm enslaved by my dream
In the end there's no soul who'd bleed for me
Hidden from daylight sealed in my cave
Trapped in a dream that is slowly turning to nightmare,
Where I'm all alone
Venial is like when you're but a dream
The book is still open the pages as empty as me
I cling to a hope that's beginning to fade
Trying to break, the desolation I hate
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
We will never meet
Only misery and me
This my final call
My even fall
Drowning into time
I become the night
By the light of new die
I'll fade away
Reality cuts deep
Would you bleed with me
My Selene
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