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.
How's the air up there? With the faithless and aborted souls
And when the worms carried it away
Did you cry? Did you feel? Did you see me pray?
To gods and demons all alike, to those who would lend an ear that night
Three thousand miles high, these wayward wanderers fly
Halfway to heaven, yet a stones throw from hell
Through infinite sorrow soars our exquisite belle
(chorus)
Turn loose the doves and marvel at their flight with fractured wings
Turn loose the doves and listen to the morning chorus start to sing
Anthems of loss, all for you, they are all for you
My muse, I never wanted this to fall apart
Choke on the air up there, from the acid and reviled clouds
And when we glance down upon our shrine
There's no viol, violet, and no vine
Nor rays from holy heaven bright
Sweet muse, how far have we strayed from this guiding light?
Halfway to heaven, yet a stones throw from hell
Through infinite sorrow soars our exquisite belle
(chorus)
Scarlet drenched and song less birds, deliver us from the underworld
Halfway to heaven, yet a stones throw from hell
Through infinite sorrow soars our exquisite belle
(chorus)
And when the worms carried it away
Did you cry? Did you feel? Did you see me pray?
To gods and demons all alike, to those who would lend an ear that night
Three thousand miles high, these wayward wanderers fly
Halfway to heaven, yet a stones throw from hell
Through infinite sorrow soars our exquisite belle
(chorus)
Turn loose the doves and marvel at their flight with fractured wings
Turn loose the doves and listen to the morning chorus start to sing
Anthems of loss, all for you, they are all for you
My muse, I never wanted this to fall apart
Choke on the air up there, from the acid and reviled clouds
And when we glance down upon our shrine
There's no viol, violet, and no vine
Nor rays from holy heaven bright
Sweet muse, how far have we strayed from this guiding light?
Halfway to heaven, yet a stones throw from hell
Through infinite sorrow soars our exquisite belle
(chorus)
Scarlet drenched and song less birds, deliver us from the underworld
Halfway to heaven, yet a stones throw from hell
Through infinite sorrow soars our exquisite belle
(chorus)
Lyrics submitted by (shevanel)
Turn Loose the Doves Lyrics as written by Christopher James Cappelli Nicholas Joseph Brooks
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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