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.
Here are children whirling, laughing,
They don't know they should be scared.
Give me that hope, give me time to love
High above the glowing city.
Planes make circles humming madly
Please keep me safe
Give me time to love.
All I can do, all I can say.
I'll keep you safely in my arms and close your ears to not hear harm,
I'll sing to you.
They don't know they should be scared.
Give me that hope, give me time to love
High above the glowing city.
Planes make circles humming madly
Please keep me safe
Give me time to love.
All I can do, all I can say.
I'll keep you safely in my arms and close your ears to not hear harm,
I'll sing to you.
Lyrics submitted by someorangegirl
Intro Lyrics as written by Michael Shawn Crahan Michael Crahan
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This song seems dark in a way...
Little children whirling, laughing They don't know they should be scared Give me that hope Give me time to love
High above the glowing city Planes makes circles humming merrily Please keep me safe Give me time to love
All I can do All I can say i'll keep you safely in my arms and close your ears to not hear harm i'll sing to you.
humming merrily should actually be humming *madly
dropbeatsnob, I agree with you that it sounds dark, almost like she knows what they should be afraid of. But it could also be that the children are so naiive that they don't know that the world is actually a scary place and maybe she's just speaking of that innocence that children have and she's wishing she could have that same hope.
it sounds like somebodys killing her
It almost sounds like it's during a war. She's scared, but she doesn't want to tell the kids that they're in danger.
I think that all the children are having fun, as usual, but they aren't aware of the...?
It could be like about how there was an unexpected attack [they mentioned planes] like Pearl Harbor.
this reminds me of something like the world war I bombings, with planes humming madly above a big city everyone was unaware and she is holding the childs ears shut and sinigng to him because of the deafining sounds that came.
Yes, definitely dark... I'm almost maybe halfway agreeing with the war theories, but since I've got nothing else to offer, I'll keep my mouth shut.
I was thinking it was about war, too. It's just as they lyrics say--she longs for the blissfull inncence of youth, and makes a desparate attempt to preserve that in the aforementioned children.
Personally. I think this is one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard. maybe it's just the words and the situation i'm in. but wow. I love it.