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.
Falling into digital code
To escape from the world
I used to know
Starving and struggling
Unhinged and unloved
We live through these devices
That entice us to numb
Choke on your breath
Look at the sky
Swallow your pride
Work 'til you die
System: Failure
Dystopian living
The machines are killing
Any semblance of being
No perfect persons
In an imperfect world
The users, the whores
Who programs these horrors?
In between the bricks
Watching, waiting, eyes are glued
Interrogate the city gates
The line's right in front of you
Escaping and erasing
Any sense of living loved
What we're chasing is fading
I refuse to give up
Choke on your breath
Look at the sky
Swallow your pride
Work 'til you die
System: Failure
Dystopian living
The machines are killing
Any semblance of being
No perfect persons
In an imperfect world
The users, the whores
Who programs these horrors?
Decipher the beauty
While the neon lights fade
The world has been dying
Hidden from our gaze
Black clouds of pollution
Leave you choking and dazed
There's no sense in hiding
Been digging our own grave
Tear down the smokestacks
And monuments made
The world keeps turning
But everything is burning
Tear down smokestacks
And monuments
Everything is burning
To escape from the world
I used to know
Starving and struggling
Unhinged and unloved
We live through these devices
That entice us to numb
Choke on your breath
Look at the sky
Swallow your pride
Work 'til you die
System: Failure
Dystopian living
The machines are killing
Any semblance of being
No perfect persons
In an imperfect world
The users, the whores
Who programs these horrors?
In between the bricks
Watching, waiting, eyes are glued
Interrogate the city gates
The line's right in front of you
Escaping and erasing
Any sense of living loved
What we're chasing is fading
I refuse to give up
Choke on your breath
Look at the sky
Swallow your pride
Work 'til you die
System: Failure
Dystopian living
The machines are killing
Any semblance of being
No perfect persons
In an imperfect world
The users, the whores
Who programs these horrors?
Decipher the beauty
While the neon lights fade
The world has been dying
Hidden from our gaze
Black clouds of pollution
Leave you choking and dazed
There's no sense in hiding
Been digging our own grave
Tear down the smokestacks
And monuments made
The world keeps turning
But everything is burning
Tear down smokestacks
And monuments
Everything is burning
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