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 sea has become profoundly red as wine
The skies they bleed with fleeting passion tonight
Come sweet euphoria
Your light is blinding to me
You feel as comforting as a mother's warm embrace
But still you're just as lonely as the sea
We gaze out upon the crashing waves
From this hillside graveyard masquerade
Sweet terrible angel
Embrace my soul with light
There's an honesty inside my lungs and its dying to get out
But still I'm helpless as an orphaned child
Can you cure this loneliness in my heart?
In my heart
Can you cure this loneliness in my heart?
In my heart
Euphoria, euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria
The skies they bleed with fleeting passion tonight
Come sweet euphoria
Your light is blinding to me
You feel as comforting as a mother's warm embrace
But still you're just as lonely as the sea
We gaze out upon the crashing waves
From this hillside graveyard masquerade
Sweet terrible angel
Embrace my soul with light
There's an honesty inside my lungs and its dying to get out
But still I'm helpless as an orphaned child
Can you cure this loneliness in my heart?
In my heart
Can you cure this loneliness in my heart?
In my heart
Euphoria, euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria
Euphoria, euphoria
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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correction needed:
'The sea has become' instead of ''The has many colors''
correction needed:
'The sea has become' instead of ''The has many colors''
I was in Cardiff a couple days ago. Not sure why any of you would wanna know that. For anyone that doesn't know where Cardiff is, its an old shipping city in South Wales, its our capital city. If you don't know where Wales is, its next door to England. I know what you Americans are like.
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bwahaha, pwned.
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