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.
Witches gather at black masses
Bodies burning in red ashes
On the hill the chruch in ruin
Is the scene of evin doin'
Is the place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rat cinder
I guess it's the same
Where ever you may go
Oh, Lord yeah
Carrying banners which denounce the Lord
See me rocking in my grave
See devil anoint my head with their black blood
See them stick the stake through me
Don't hold me back 'cause I just gotta go
Satan's got a hold on my soul now
Look in my brain and there was blood and seed
Look in my eyes and there I go
Yeah
On the scene a priest appears
Sinners falling at his knees
Satan sends out funeral pyres
Casts the priest into the fire
It's the place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rat cinder
I guess it's the same
Where ever you may go
Oh, Lord yeah
Bodies burning in red ashes
On the hill the chruch in ruin
Is the scene of evin doin'
Is the place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rat cinder
I guess it's the same
Where ever you may go
Oh, Lord yeah
Carrying banners which denounce the Lord
See me rocking in my grave
See devil anoint my head with their black blood
See them stick the stake through me
Don't hold me back 'cause I just gotta go
Satan's got a hold on my soul now
Look in my brain and there was blood and seed
Look in my eyes and there I go
Yeah
On the scene a priest appears
Sinners falling at his knees
Satan sends out funeral pyres
Casts the priest into the fire
It's the place for all bad sinners
Watch them eating dead rat cinder
I guess it's the same
Where ever you may go
Oh, Lord yeah
Lyrics submitted by Rebbal Ace, edited by LHGL
War Pigs Lyrics as written by William Ward Michael Butler
Lyrics © T.R.O. INC.
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