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.
Por cuando te vi enfermo con mentiras
Este ladron cuenta se dio
Trapa mal hecho de trampas te lo juro
Que yo si te mato
Y con cada día que se pase recuérdate
Quién era el más poderoso
(No-oh-oh-oh)
(No-oh-oh-oh)
Don't let me, don't let me go
There is a venom in numerical lies
Your convalescent thorns
Are but a crown of magnets
They fold the shakes inside that third glass eye
Come on and give it to me
Come on and die
In your viscera eyes
Cataracts close the blinds
Let me let comfort
Come drown by your side
Ay, mi hija, no me llores
Porque te quito de esta cruz
Y anoche te vi caminado sin la alma de tu cuerpo
En los brazos sin luz
Stains fall into the brick wall severed
Four of them were watching while the other three did hide
The culprits spat the seed from a premium of glass
Shattering the sigil that you thought was deitized
(No-oh-oh-oh)
(No-oh-oh-oh)
Don't let me, don't let me go
There is a venom in numerical lies
Your convalescent thorns
Are but a crown of maggots
They rot the shakes inside that third glass eye
Come on and give it to me
Come on and die
In your viscera eyes
Cataracts close the blinds
Let me let comfort
Come drown by your side
In your viscera eyes
Cataracts close the blinds
Let me let comfort
Come drown by your side
Wait
I've seen the ark shake from your pneumonic tongue
But the braile that you weave of itself it shall read aloud
Yes it will
I said
she's falling, she's still falling
But no one wants to come
She's crawling, she's still crawling
On your burial ground
Said, she's falling, she's still falling
But no one wants to come
I said, she's crawling, she's still crawling
On your burial, ground
Este ladron cuenta se dio
Trapa mal hecho de trampas te lo juro
Que yo si te mato
Y con cada día que se pase recuérdate
Quién era el más poderoso
(No-oh-oh-oh)
(No-oh-oh-oh)
Don't let me, don't let me go
There is a venom in numerical lies
Your convalescent thorns
Are but a crown of magnets
They fold the shakes inside that third glass eye
Come on and give it to me
Come on and die
In your viscera eyes
Cataracts close the blinds
Let me let comfort
Come drown by your side
Ay, mi hija, no me llores
Porque te quito de esta cruz
Y anoche te vi caminado sin la alma de tu cuerpo
En los brazos sin luz
Stains fall into the brick wall severed
Four of them were watching while the other three did hide
The culprits spat the seed from a premium of glass
Shattering the sigil that you thought was deitized
(No-oh-oh-oh)
(No-oh-oh-oh)
Don't let me, don't let me go
There is a venom in numerical lies
Your convalescent thorns
Are but a crown of maggots
They rot the shakes inside that third glass eye
Come on and give it to me
Come on and die
In your viscera eyes
Cataracts close the blinds
Let me let comfort
Come drown by your side
In your viscera eyes
Cataracts close the blinds
Let me let comfort
Come drown by your side
Wait
I've seen the ark shake from your pneumonic tongue
But the braile that you weave of itself it shall read aloud
Yes it will
I said
she's falling, she's still falling
But no one wants to come
She's crawling, she's still crawling
On your burial ground
Said, she's falling, she's still falling
But no one wants to come
I said, she's crawling, she's still crawling
On your burial, ground
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i agree with shane, i believe that's how it goes aswell.
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