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.
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all, all
Look in the eyes of rage
A loyalty bred of suffering
The fire inside, it burns eternally, victory
Look in the eyes of pain
The scars on our souls forever remain
Calling the sheltered
Of the broken wing, join the fray
Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all
Look in the eyes of hate
A circle of hell, they come to pray
United against all that come threatening
Lay to waste
Look in the eyes of the free
Bound to each other's longevity
Guarding the back of Alpha's dignity, savagely
Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all
Come closer, walk with me in hell
Dear rival, fear in you I smell
A fist to face is all fair game now
The pack attacking, the sacrificial
Pray for the prayers, oh
Reaping the sour seeds of death's bread
Into and claw the scent of the dead
Come closer, walk with me in hell
A rival, fear in you I smell
A fist to face is all fair game now
The pack attacking, the sacrificial
Pray for the prayers, oh
War, that far one
Spreading our population far across the land
Loving to fornicate, respecting the command
Rally the warriors, tally the score
In every victory is solace
But there's no satisfaction
No satisfaction
There is no satisfaction
There is no satisfaction
And there never will be
Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And we fail to die
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules now
For night will fall
Beware the call, dominate all
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all, all
Look in the eyes of rage
A loyalty bred of suffering
The fire inside, it burns eternally, victory
Look in the eyes of pain
The scars on our souls forever remain
Calling the sheltered
Of the broken wing, join the fray
Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all
Look in the eyes of hate
A circle of hell, they come to pray
United against all that come threatening
Lay to waste
Look in the eyes of the free
Bound to each other's longevity
Guarding the back of Alpha's dignity, savagely
Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all
Come closer, walk with me in hell
Dear rival, fear in you I smell
A fist to face is all fair game now
The pack attacking, the sacrificial
Pray for the prayers, oh
Reaping the sour seeds of death's bread
Into and claw the scent of the dead
Come closer, walk with me in hell
A rival, fear in you I smell
A fist to face is all fair game now
The pack attacking, the sacrificial
Pray for the prayers, oh
War, that far one
Spreading our population far across the land
Loving to fornicate, respecting the command
Rally the warriors, tally the score
In every victory is solace
But there's no satisfaction
No satisfaction
There is no satisfaction
There is no satisfaction
And there never will be
Bury our rivals
Shotguns, knives, rifles
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And to tyrants, bow to none
A family of the unwanted
Beaten, stunted, dysfunction
A brotherhood that is of violence
And we fail to die
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules
Comparison, competition
We'll bury one and all
Unleash the wolves
Carnage has no rules now
For night will fall
Beware the call, dominate all
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