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.
Wait
I'll be swifter than the speed of light
Carbon my body a billion years of time
You wake with the stitches over both your eyes
And deny me my body and all earthly delights
It's time
You are light
I guess you are afraid of what everyone is made of
All your praying moments amount to just one breath
Please keep your victory
But give me little death
It's time
You are light
I guess you are afraid of what everyone is made of
So take to the streets with apocalypse refrain
Your devotion has the look of a lunatic's gaze
I'll be swifter than the speed of light
Carbon my body a billion years of time
You wake with the stitches over both your eyes
And deny me my body and all earthly delights
It's time
You are light
I guess you are afraid of what everyone is made of
All your praying moments amount to just one breath
Please keep your victory
But give me little death
It's time
You are light
I guess you are afraid of what everyone is made of
So take to the streets with apocalypse refrain
Your devotion has the look of a lunatic's gaze
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The Apocalypse Song Lyrics as written by Anne Erin Clark
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It seems like she is talking about the repressive nature of religion (she was raised Catholic mostly) in regards to sexuality but more specifically the kind that is not hetero. She is supposedly gay so this would make the most sense.
You wake with stitches over both your eyes [...] and deny me my body and all earthly delights: you're blind to reality (science) and try to repress my natural desires (attraction to/sex with women)
It's time, you are light. Time is something we manufactured...we however are light, something natural. (It's time to wake up)
And yeah, give me little death is a direct translation of the French word for orgasm (le petit mort) which could either be literal (as she's claimed is her typical writing style) which would imply this song is speaking to a specific person (which makes me think the person is for whatever reason withholding sex) or it could be in general. Allow me to have an orgasm with whomever and whenever I want without being judged.
I guess you're afraid of what everyone is made of: Obvious. Religious fanatics are driven by fear which makes them appear to be afraid of human nature.
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