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.
Let it go, give up the starlanes, it's the final frontier
We have come, out of the embers, we have come to conquer
Another chance, a new beginning, no turning back now
Who we are, yet undecided, time to create now
Set our hearts alight, for the stars we fly
One of us will be the saviour
And our souls will fly, hope will never die
In the heart of this crusader
We are lost, the unforgiven, brought a world to ruin
Crucified, still without penance, a universe of martyrs
Day by day, memories fading, of what used to be
In our dreams it is still living, and we fight for the memory
Set our hearts alight, for the stars we fly
One of us will be the saviour
And our souls will fly, hope will never die
In the heart of this crusader
Set our hearts alight, for the stars we fly
One of us will be the saviour
And our souls will fly, hope will never die
In the heart of this crusader
In the heart of this crusader
In the heart of this crusader
We have come, out of the embers, we have come to conquer
Another chance, a new beginning, no turning back now
Who we are, yet undecided, time to create now
Set our hearts alight, for the stars we fly
One of us will be the saviour
And our souls will fly, hope will never die
In the heart of this crusader
We are lost, the unforgiven, brought a world to ruin
Crucified, still without penance, a universe of martyrs
Day by day, memories fading, of what used to be
In our dreams it is still living, and we fight for the memory
Set our hearts alight, for the stars we fly
One of us will be the saviour
And our souls will fly, hope will never die
In the heart of this crusader
Set our hearts alight, for the stars we fly
One of us will be the saviour
And our souls will fly, hope will never die
In the heart of this crusader
In the heart of this crusader
In the heart of this crusader
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