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.
The center cannot hold, the side collapses
Full of broken words, sing the song inside the dark arcade
Color me in city green, the streets are winding,
spitting flames
Cars around the arteries, we scream, and swerve, and fall apart
everything we love, it falls apart
and the architect abandons us
I'll save us from the sky until a feeling burns, you try
it plants a seed of fire that flowers in the corner of your eye
circling, breathing, we'll keep them always moving
heart attack, efficiency, erase the figure as it...
...falls.
Everything we love, it falls apart
and the architect abandons us
the city shakes like tired hands
the light divides what darkness mends
our bodies echo in our plans
everything is falling apart
everything is falling apart (x4)
the wedding starts, the guests seep in
the church bells ringing endlessly
the bride and groom are hand in hand
and everything goes as its planned
the parents smile,
the priest chokes up,
the organ plays 'Amazing Grace'
and underneath the thin white veil...
...everything is falling apart
everything is falling apart (x3)
and the people sing:
"la la la la, da da da, la la la la, da da da, la la
la la, da da da daaaaaaaa" (x2)
the city shakes like tired hands
the light divides what darkness mends
and all the bodies echo in our plans
Everything is falling apart
Everything is falling apart (x4)
la la la la, da da da (x2)
Full of broken words, sing the song inside the dark arcade
Color me in city green, the streets are winding,
spitting flames
Cars around the arteries, we scream, and swerve, and fall apart
everything we love, it falls apart
and the architect abandons us
I'll save us from the sky until a feeling burns, you try
it plants a seed of fire that flowers in the corner of your eye
circling, breathing, we'll keep them always moving
heart attack, efficiency, erase the figure as it...
...falls.
Everything we love, it falls apart
and the architect abandons us
the city shakes like tired hands
the light divides what darkness mends
our bodies echo in our plans
everything is falling apart
everything is falling apart (x4)
the wedding starts, the guests seep in
the church bells ringing endlessly
the bride and groom are hand in hand
and everything goes as its planned
the parents smile,
the priest chokes up,
the organ plays 'Amazing Grace'
and underneath the thin white veil...
...everything is falling apart
everything is falling apart (x3)
and the people sing:
"la la la la, da da da, la la la la, da da da, la la
la la, da da da daaaaaaaa" (x2)
the city shakes like tired hands
the light divides what darkness mends
and all the bodies echo in our plans
Everything is falling apart
Everything is falling apart (x4)
la la la la, da da da (x2)
Lyrics submitted by NoLightToSeeBy
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Man he pronounces "parents" really strange, for a while I thought it was "palpets" which is also part of the church. I like the double meaning of arteries, sice and arteries can be roadways or part of one's body which brings me to this line: I think it's "Now keep the roadways moving" considering the roads sybolize arteries, if they stopped moving the subsequent "Heart-attack" would follow in the next line. It is Center not Sun. It's Search for our Breathing Now keep the Roadways moving.... and on a humorius note I think most of those la's should be da's