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.
I'm the failure
I'm everyone's fool
And I'm losing my cool at the end
I'm the loser
My number's come up
I've been hung up with thoughts of revenge
Revenge, revenge
I watched you from my terminal view
As you struggled to rise to your end
I laughed hard at the insults we threw
As the weight of the world found revenge
Revenge, revenge
Have hatred and gravity won?
The world hung upside down
I drew first blood
I drew first blood
With my hate for a crown, I drew first blood
I drew first blood, revenge
I watched heaven die here today
And I'm gonna die here tonight
I'm a villian, I deserve to be dead
I've been hung up for wrecking my life
Revenge, revenge
So I stopped for a moment to look at the sun
And die in the day
That's when the irony hit me
This was revenge
That love had decended
And stolen our pain away
We consumed heaven's Son
And I drew first blood
I drew first blood
And my hate was undone
I drew first blood
I drew first blood, revenge
Here's a story
How a thief had been robbed
How a murder had stolen my rage
Think of me, Lord
I'm a few breaths away
As my lungs finally rip from the cage
Revenge
I'm everyone's fool
And I'm losing my cool at the end
I'm the loser
My number's come up
I've been hung up with thoughts of revenge
Revenge, revenge
I watched you from my terminal view
As you struggled to rise to your end
I laughed hard at the insults we threw
As the weight of the world found revenge
Revenge, revenge
Have hatred and gravity won?
The world hung upside down
I drew first blood
I drew first blood
With my hate for a crown, I drew first blood
I drew first blood, revenge
I watched heaven die here today
And I'm gonna die here tonight
I'm a villian, I deserve to be dead
I've been hung up for wrecking my life
Revenge, revenge
So I stopped for a moment to look at the sun
And die in the day
That's when the irony hit me
This was revenge
That love had decended
And stolen our pain away
We consumed heaven's Son
And I drew first blood
I drew first blood
And my hate was undone
I drew first blood
I drew first blood, revenge
Here's a story
How a thief had been robbed
How a murder had stolen my rage
Think of me, Lord
I'm a few breaths away
As my lungs finally rip from the cage
Revenge
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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