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.
Long days and longer nights, they stretch like barren seas
God only knows if we'll ever see home or if home remembers me
We have heard the siren's song and we have braved the hydras maw
A dream of glory gone too far to make a place in history ours
Servants, strangers, heroes to ourselves
Hearts beat in rhythm as we sail
And I will not die forgotten to this world
Icons and vagabonds, the rulers of this earth
We are the dead
We are the homesick, lost, and loveless
Left to live (Cause we won't die)
Though stretched and broken we will rise
We are the deaf
But you will hear us sing again
A song of hope (A song of life)
A song to urge the ill advised
We live or die the chosen few to face the early graying dawn
Let history remember us as those who conquered the beyond
Ageless and mighty let our legend outlive time
Warriors and proud men all, you will hear of our lives
Servants, strangers, heroes to ourselves
Hearts beat in rhythm as we sail
And I will not die forgotten to this world
Icons and vagabonds, the rulers of this earth
We are the dead
We are the homesick, lost, and loveless
Left to live (Cause we won't die)
Though stretched and broken we will rise
We are the deaf
But you will hear us sing again
A song of hope (A song of life)
A song to urge the ill advised
God only knows if we'll ever see home or if home remembers me
We have heard the siren's song and we have braved the hydras maw
A dream of glory gone too far to make a place in history ours
Servants, strangers, heroes to ourselves
Hearts beat in rhythm as we sail
And I will not die forgotten to this world
Icons and vagabonds, the rulers of this earth
We are the dead
We are the homesick, lost, and loveless
Left to live (Cause we won't die)
Though stretched and broken we will rise
We are the deaf
But you will hear us sing again
A song of hope (A song of life)
A song to urge the ill advised
We live or die the chosen few to face the early graying dawn
Let history remember us as those who conquered the beyond
Ageless and mighty let our legend outlive time
Warriors and proud men all, you will hear of our lives
Servants, strangers, heroes to ourselves
Hearts beat in rhythm as we sail
And I will not die forgotten to this world
Icons and vagabonds, the rulers of this earth
We are the dead
We are the homesick, lost, and loveless
Left to live (Cause we won't die)
Though stretched and broken we will rise
We are the deaf
But you will hear us sing again
A song of hope (A song of life)
A song to urge the ill advised
Lyrics submitted by rabidbunny
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