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.
Age was that beautiful number
It was just like your fire
now it's just like the smoke that fills your lungs and fucks with your eyes
The need for sleep has got you spreading your legs and loosening your throat
And by your words alone
I can tell that you are one to swallow the taste
brought on a sparsely attended funeral
An empty casket filled with the corpse of your moral crusade
That day i slept soundly dreaming of wet flesh
Knowing that there isn't a kinfe on earth
that is sharp enough to surgically remove the whore from your body.
It was just like your fire
now it's just like the smoke that fills your lungs and fucks with your eyes
The need for sleep has got you spreading your legs and loosening your throat
And by your words alone
I can tell that you are one to swallow the taste
brought on a sparsely attended funeral
An empty casket filled with the corpse of your moral crusade
That day i slept soundly dreaming of wet flesh
Knowing that there isn't a kinfe on earth
that is sharp enough to surgically remove the whore from your body.
Lyrics submitted by SaviorSalvation213
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I mean c'mon how can you deny the annihilation in the opening endless DROP. Eat it up