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 can feel it in the way your blood and heart beats
(My body's cold and it thinks that I'm already gone)
Or is it in the way your body moves?
(I'd like to tell you but I think that you already know)
The words I drag out from your mouth speak
(So listen up world, listen up world)
In her vision, I have given company
(They see no evil in leading their bodies from home)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(Ten Speed, if I must, then I must)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(If written wrote me even, if written wrote me even)
(If written wrote me even, if written wrote me even)
If written wrote me even chance and the choice to save you, oh
I wouldn't answer if it even had to ask
In her figure, I've instilled a taste of my own
(So listen up world, listen up world)
To make it easier to take what life I'm owed
(As the curse has returned from the hell of your heart and your soul)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(Ten Speed, if I must, then I must)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
Ooh, ooh, nobody knows but you, ooh
Ooh, nobody knows but you
('Cause I don't want to ride tonight)
(No, I don't want to go) nobody knows but you, ooh
(I don't want to ride tonight)
(Or maybe I don't want to go) nobody knows but you
"Well, are you going to kill her off?"
"It's not your decision I love the character, so she stays"
"Yeah, well the only thing love's done is put you in this position, I say kill her off"
"Well, you say plenty of things and how's that work? You're a bicycle"
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(Ten Speed, if I must, then I must)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
'Cause I'm Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood
(My body's cold and it thinks that I'm already gone)
Or is it in the way your body moves?
(I'd like to tell you but I think that you already know)
The words I drag out from your mouth speak
(So listen up world, listen up world)
In her vision, I have given company
(They see no evil in leading their bodies from home)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(Ten Speed, if I must, then I must)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(If written wrote me even, if written wrote me even)
(If written wrote me even, if written wrote me even)
If written wrote me even chance and the choice to save you, oh
I wouldn't answer if it even had to ask
In her figure, I've instilled a taste of my own
(So listen up world, listen up world)
To make it easier to take what life I'm owed
(As the curse has returned from the hell of your heart and your soul)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(Ten Speed, if I must, then I must)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
Ooh, ooh, nobody knows but you, ooh
Ooh, nobody knows but you
('Cause I don't want to ride tonight)
(No, I don't want to go) nobody knows but you, ooh
(I don't want to ride tonight)
(Or maybe I don't want to go) nobody knows but you
"Well, are you going to kill her off?"
"It's not your decision I love the character, so she stays"
"Yeah, well the only thing love's done is put you in this position, I say kill her off"
"Well, you say plenty of things and how's that work? You're a bicycle"
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
(Ten Speed, if I must, then I must)
Believer, you'll leave her in leaving them all
(No, but I don't buy it)
Like anything you do, as anyone you are
'Cause I'm Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood and Burial
Ten Speed of God's Blood
Lyrics submitted by mercy_me, edited by Planets89, Mellow_Harsher
Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial) Lyrics as written by Joshua Eppard Claudio Sanchez
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I can feel it in the way your blood and heart beats My body's cold and it thinks I'm already gone Or is it in the way your body moves I'd like to tell you But I think that you already know The words I drag out from your mouth speak So listen up world, listen up world In her vision I have given company They see no evil in leading their bodies from home
Believer, you'll leave her, in leaving them all No but I don't buy it Like anything you do, as anyone you are Ten Speed, if I must... then I must
If written wrote me even chance And the choice to save you I wouldn't answer if it even had to ask In her figure I've instilled a taste of my own To make it easier to take what life I'm owed As the curse has returned from the hell of you Heart and your soul
Nobody knows but you I don't want to ride tonight... No I don't want to go
[Spoken:] "So are you going to kill her?" "No, I love her character, she stays" "Love has only gotten you in this position, I say kill her off!" "Yeah, but you say a lot of things.. and how does that work?.....you're a bicycle"
Cause I'm... Ten Speed, of God's Blood & Burial
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"Ten Speed is the Writer's subconscious, like the Son Of Sam dog. This is a dialogue, Ten Seed telling the Writer that he knows of a way to get out of his rut: All he needs to do is stop doing the story." -Claudio Sanchez