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.
What do Seoul and Sudan have in common?
Both start with an S
Deep as a virus
Little Mary, little Mary
From scratchless I ascend
Stamps tongue--swabbed
now embark for the Ivory Coast
chiming like mouse bells
BAM BAM BAM BAM
BAM BAM BAM BAM
at the birth of a vermin Holy Ghost
Stars led to sky
lash led to eye
herpes to clit
then stopped
Expect
I'm carried by lanterns
Expect
I will follow the aerosol patterns
Immunity
won't feed on the bodies
Bones closing
too soon at the tips
won't feed on the bodies
From the fat black crocodile on the sand bar
Can't swallow it then bury it
From the voice flooded semen clotting to paste
Can't swallow it then bury it
And the jigger raps pits
darkness long
Jigger raps pits
BAM BAM BAM BAM
BAM BAM BAM BAM
Shoes lead to shine splicing to swine
Strain after strain after strain after strain
Immunity
Immunity
Through the dormant wards and nurseries
a flugleman moves
In the lung smeared slides and corridors
a flugleman moves
And his tune rises on the harvest clouds of dust
Trading the wah-wah's for
BAM BAM BAM BAM
BAM BAM BAM BAM
Stars led to sky
toe led to thigh
tumor to breast
then stopped
Both start with an S
Deep as a virus
Little Mary, little Mary
From scratchless I ascend
Stamps tongue--swabbed
now embark for the Ivory Coast
chiming like mouse bells
BAM BAM BAM BAM
BAM BAM BAM BAM
at the birth of a vermin Holy Ghost
Stars led to sky
lash led to eye
herpes to clit
then stopped
Expect
I'm carried by lanterns
Expect
I will follow the aerosol patterns
Immunity
won't feed on the bodies
Bones closing
too soon at the tips
won't feed on the bodies
From the fat black crocodile on the sand bar
Can't swallow it then bury it
From the voice flooded semen clotting to paste
Can't swallow it then bury it
And the jigger raps pits
darkness long
Jigger raps pits
BAM BAM BAM BAM
BAM BAM BAM BAM
Shoes lead to shine splicing to swine
Strain after strain after strain after strain
Immunity
Immunity
Through the dormant wards and nurseries
a flugleman moves
In the lung smeared slides and corridors
a flugleman moves
And his tune rises on the harvest clouds of dust
Trading the wah-wah's for
BAM BAM BAM BAM
BAM BAM BAM BAM
Stars led to sky
toe led to thigh
tumor to breast
then stopped
Lyrics submitted by oswaldtherabbit
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