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.
Strings of your death tied to your breath
All that's been seen cannot be unseen
Unless
Deeper you fall, the places you crawl
To find you're unclean, unsaved, defeated
By self and no one else, my love
Tongue tied, obsessed, mesmerized
I acquiesce and step into the machine again
Don't breathe, don't tell, my belle, listen
Deep in the garden, I wait for you now
Under the weight of the leaves
That do bend on the bough
Come save me
All that's been seen cannot be unseen
Unless
Deeper you fall, the places you crawl
To find you're unclean, unsaved, defeated
By self and no one else, my love
Tongue tied, obsessed, mesmerized
I acquiesce and step into the machine again
Don't breathe, don't tell, my belle, listen
Deep in the garden, I wait for you now
Under the weight of the leaves
That do bend on the bough
Come save me
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After reading the lyrics thoroughly I believe like the below post, it is a call for help. Seems to me the women who this person singing has fallen for has really fallen into a deep abyss and he's trying desperately to find her & save her if possible. By saving her, he would be by default saving himself. If he loses her completely he feels it would be like him dying himself. So if he saves her he saves them both or if he doesn't then in essence, they both die the same death.