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.
Time keeps rushing, whirling dervishing by
can you feel the white furry hooves of time?
Catch me, catch me, rocketing ever closer,
closer, to the bright white eye
when I dream I see the world turning oh
Do you remember how we used to breathe and watch it oh
and feel such power and feel such joy
to be ice dragons and be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
to be a dragon and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
Who were we back then?
Someone got left in the wet black dream pool
shining tragic in the rhythm of the blackness, oh...
as again and again I reach for euphoria
potent enough to distract
SOMETHING'S HOWLING LIKE IT'S TRYING TO DROWN ME
once we were moving to fast to hear it, ah...
Do you remember how we used to breathe and watch it oh
and feel such power and feel such joy
to be ice dragons and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
to be a dragon and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU
Ice dragons, ice dragons oh who fly like arrows into the unknown
just show me where to go
steamy mouthed, steamy mouthed ice dragons,
wind tossed, hoping for a good gust, hoping but love
I'm wingsoiled, heartsore, wingsoiled, heartsore, oh...
'Til I remember how we used to breathe and watch it oh,
and feel such power and feel such joy
to be ice dragons and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
to be a dragon and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
AWAKE
can you feel the white furry hooves of time?
Catch me, catch me, rocketing ever closer,
closer, to the bright white eye
when I dream I see the world turning oh
Do you remember how we used to breathe and watch it oh
and feel such power and feel such joy
to be ice dragons and be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
to be a dragon and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
Who were we back then?
Someone got left in the wet black dream pool
shining tragic in the rhythm of the blackness, oh...
as again and again I reach for euphoria
potent enough to distract
SOMETHING'S HOWLING LIKE IT'S TRYING TO DROWN ME
once we were moving to fast to hear it, ah...
Do you remember how we used to breathe and watch it oh
and feel such power and feel such joy
to be ice dragons and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
to be a dragon and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU
Ice dragons, ice dragons oh who fly like arrows into the unknown
just show me where to go
steamy mouthed, steamy mouthed ice dragons,
wind tossed, hoping for a good gust, hoping but love
I'm wingsoiled, heartsore, wingsoiled, heartsore, oh...
'Til I remember how we used to breathe and watch it oh,
and feel such power and feel such joy
to be ice dragons and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
to be a dragon and to be so free
AWAKE YOU LIE AWAKE YOU LIE
AWAKE
Lyrics submitted by tw2113
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