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.
There is nothing left for me
There is nothing left for you
There is nothing left at all
A wasteland of my mind
Don't think you ever will see
Don't think you ever will know
How much I actually cared
About everything we shared
Why the fuck did you lie then?
Why in hell did you bring me down?
Don't you realize?
No one gets out of this place alive
Hasn't been screaming all these years
Just to see the world crashing around me
Maybe this life is overrated
But I won't let the world burn around me
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
You pulled me up from the dream
Let's compare scars you and I
You are always on my mind
I will never leave you behind
You broke my engagement to
Solitude, and made me threw away
The ring of retaliation
Maybe this life is overrated
But I won't let the world burn around me
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
Hasn't been screaming all these years
Just to see the world crashing around me
Maybe this life is overrated
But I won't let the world burn around me
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
There is nothing left for you
There is nothing left at all
A wasteland of my mind
Don't think you ever will see
Don't think you ever will know
How much I actually cared
About everything we shared
Why the fuck did you lie then?
Why in hell did you bring me down?
Don't you realize?
No one gets out of this place alive
Hasn't been screaming all these years
Just to see the world crashing around me
Maybe this life is overrated
But I won't let the world burn around me
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
You pulled me up from the dream
Let's compare scars you and I
You are always on my mind
I will never leave you behind
You broke my engagement to
Solitude, and made me threw away
The ring of retaliation
Maybe this life is overrated
But I won't let the world burn around me
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
Hasn't been screaming all these years
Just to see the world crashing around me
Maybe this life is overrated
But I won't let the world burn around me
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
A situation like this, should never exist
Then why are we out of control
I see smoke from the Eden fire
Watch it going higher and higher
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THAT'S THE SMARTEST THING ANYBODIES SAID ABOUT ANYTHING<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> not even joking
haha what makes you say that? or are you just making fun of me haha