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.
Hes sick
Hes pulling the skin right from his bones
And in the seperation she will unfold
She'll unfold, shell unfold in this seperation
Leave the seems
You were nothing but tearing fabric sewn together by dark romantics
Swindling her threads string by string the fakest skin
She was born by mechanical building, made of fabric strings and elastic
She was diseased, piece after piece, and the struggeling was killing me
She was diseased, piece after piece, and the struggeling was killing me
He spun her around and around
Beating her down, down, down
She was diseased, piece after piece and the struggeling was killing me
Shes was false she wasn't nothing at all that stare and i havn't seen you
Machines built her
Leave the seems you were nothing but tearing fabric sewn together by dark romantics
Is there space between us and the love machine
I saw the threads in her eyes He spent his time on your hands designing and sewing your mind
He spent his time on your hands on your hands He spent his time on your hand
Hes pulling the skin right from his bones
And in the seperation she will unfold
She'll unfold, shell unfold in this seperation
Leave the seems
You were nothing but tearing fabric sewn together by dark romantics
Swindling her threads string by string the fakest skin
She was born by mechanical building, made of fabric strings and elastic
She was diseased, piece after piece, and the struggeling was killing me
She was diseased, piece after piece, and the struggeling was killing me
He spun her around and around
Beating her down, down, down
She was diseased, piece after piece and the struggeling was killing me
Shes was false she wasn't nothing at all that stare and i havn't seen you
Machines built her
Leave the seems you were nothing but tearing fabric sewn together by dark romantics
Is there space between us and the love machine
I saw the threads in her eyes He spent his time on your hands designing and sewing your mind
He spent his time on your hands on your hands He spent his time on your hand
Lyrics submitted by sakeofmotionxxx
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