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.
Forgotten in his reich of shadows
Banned forever
One thought
The lord of the evil
Was given name and place of the seventh sea
Shelter of the seventh key
Who was betraitous?
I guess You know
There would be more than one name to name
Now he whose name is many searches for the one
The one strong enough to survive
As his terrestrial hand
Enticement and promise will crown the king
A puppet on a string
For a thousand years
So they sing
Wouldn't it be nice to plunder with your eyes
Whatever there's for you to see
Is yours to be
Let me be there
Just tell me You don't care
Just say You came here after life
However high the price
I know your secrets
I know it all
I know your secrets
I see them hidden with our light
I am your sickness
Hiding You right behind your lies
Don't try to kill me
I cannot die I guess You know
You and I will be
Heaven above and hell below
Brother [harsh voice]
Release me [women's choir]
Father [harsh voice]
Foresee me [women's choir]
Brother [harsh voice]
Believe me, perceive me [women's choir]
[Andi (1)]
Time will be a turning wheel
Whichever will torn
Time will be a toy
Time we will enjoy
Say You want to live forever
Mindless one day
Say You will obey
And I
[Band as choir (1)]
I will show
I will show
I will show no light of dawn
And I will show
I will show
I will show no fright at all
Wouldn't it be nice to reign until you sigh
Whatever there's attracting You
We'll give this turn to you [harsh voice]
Let me be there
Just say You want to share
The power no one will withstand
Just be my human hand
I know your secrets
I know it all
[Band as choir (1)]
[Solo 1]
[Women's choir (1)]
Don't release us now he sees us
No illusions, executions
The damnation, the annihilation
The non-stopping celebration
Don't release us now he sees us
No illusions,
Executions !
[Andi & harsh voice (1)]
We're a king for a thousand years
We are a king of million tears
We're the ones who bring desire by the greed and fears
We're a king of fallen men
We are keepers of the damned
through the hoping to obsession
We're the king
We're the king for a thousand years
Angels of fire
aeon of darkness fear and hate
Wake up my preachers
Stand up you're bringer of the sate
no one can kill us
We cannot die I guess one knows
Mankind is sleeping
My victim You'll be buried so close
I know your secrets
I know it all
[twinsolo]
Goodbye sorrows [Men's choir]
Follow me You have to return the key
Release me [Mixed choir]
Believe me [Mixed choir]
Goodbye sorrows [Men's choir]
Remember Boy you'll have to [...]
Goodbye sorrows [Men's choir]
Follow me You have to return the key
Conceive me [Mixed choir]
[Andi (1)]
[Band as choir (1)]
[Andi & harsh voice (1)]
We're a king for a thousand years
Banned forever
One thought
The lord of the evil
Was given name and place of the seventh sea
Shelter of the seventh key
Who was betraitous?
I guess You know
There would be more than one name to name
Now he whose name is many searches for the one
The one strong enough to survive
As his terrestrial hand
Enticement and promise will crown the king
A puppet on a string
For a thousand years
So they sing
Wouldn't it be nice to plunder with your eyes
Whatever there's for you to see
Is yours to be
Let me be there
Just tell me You don't care
Just say You came here after life
However high the price
I know your secrets
I know it all
I know your secrets
I see them hidden with our light
I am your sickness
Hiding You right behind your lies
Don't try to kill me
I cannot die I guess You know
You and I will be
Heaven above and hell below
Brother [harsh voice]
Release me [women's choir]
Father [harsh voice]
Foresee me [women's choir]
Brother [harsh voice]
Believe me, perceive me [women's choir]
[Andi (1)]
Time will be a turning wheel
Whichever will torn
Time will be a toy
Time we will enjoy
Say You want to live forever
Mindless one day
Say You will obey
And I
[Band as choir (1)]
I will show
I will show
I will show no light of dawn
And I will show
I will show
I will show no fright at all
Wouldn't it be nice to reign until you sigh
Whatever there's attracting You
We'll give this turn to you [harsh voice]
Let me be there
Just say You want to share
The power no one will withstand
Just be my human hand
I know your secrets
I know it all
[Band as choir (1)]
[Solo 1]
[Women's choir (1)]
Don't release us now he sees us
No illusions, executions
The damnation, the annihilation
The non-stopping celebration
Don't release us now he sees us
No illusions,
Executions !
[Andi & harsh voice (1)]
We're a king for a thousand years
We are a king of million tears
We're the ones who bring desire by the greed and fears
We're a king of fallen men
We are keepers of the damned
through the hoping to obsession
We're the king
We're the king for a thousand years
Angels of fire
aeon of darkness fear and hate
Wake up my preachers
Stand up you're bringer of the sate
no one can kill us
We cannot die I guess one knows
Mankind is sleeping
My victim You'll be buried so close
I know your secrets
I know it all
[twinsolo]
Goodbye sorrows [Men's choir]
Follow me You have to return the key
Release me [Mixed choir]
Believe me [Mixed choir]
Goodbye sorrows [Men's choir]
Remember Boy you'll have to [...]
Goodbye sorrows [Men's choir]
Follow me You have to return the key
Conceive me [Mixed choir]
[Andi (1)]
[Band as choir (1)]
[Andi & harsh voice (1)]
We're a king for a thousand years
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