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.
Open up the wide gates, here I come
The broad path is getting trampled under my feet
The narrow way and the tiny ugly door
Is getting smaller and smaller
Too small for me
Open me up
Just like a vacuum sucking in the dirt
Put it all inside me, baby
Hear, speak, see and rise like leviathan
Armor plated, fire breathing
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
My will be done, done did it
Did the everything that leads to nothing
And breathing in the rotten stink
Feeling something, something leads to nothing
Breathe it in
Bat wings swathing my face
Screeching, singing something into me
The light, it flees
Open up the earth, my veins, my legs
My throat, my head, my soul is dead
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Breaking down the walls that you leave up
To keep me from eating the tree of knowledge
Suck that fruit and spit the seed
Leave behind the sad and spineless
Part the sea and break apart the crust
Let me in the darkest tunnels at night
Let your spirit sag like a skin molting
Let it drop, shut out the ugly light
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
The broad path is getting trampled under my feet
The narrow way and the tiny ugly door
Is getting smaller and smaller
Too small for me
Open me up
Just like a vacuum sucking in the dirt
Put it all inside me, baby
Hear, speak, see and rise like leviathan
Armor plated, fire breathing
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
My will be done, done did it
Did the everything that leads to nothing
And breathing in the rotten stink
Feeling something, something leads to nothing
Breathe it in
Bat wings swathing my face
Screeching, singing something into me
The light, it flees
Open up the earth, my veins, my legs
My throat, my head, my soul is dead
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Breaking down the walls that you leave up
To keep me from eating the tree of knowledge
Suck that fruit and spit the seed
Leave behind the sad and spineless
Part the sea and break apart the crust
Let me in the darkest tunnels at night
Let your spirit sag like a skin molting
Let it drop, shut out the ugly light
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Yeah, I am
I am the empty, empty
Yeah, I am
I am the nothing in me
Lyrics submitted by BinacaFreak
The Journey Lyrics as written by Brian J. Culbertson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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