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.
Divide all of the spoils, take more than we deserve
Chasing flickering lights, almost there
Reaching, stretching our limbs, circling, then losing in
Oh beautiful siren
These trophies shine on the horizon, begging
To be gained. It craves to be gained by selfish eyes
Graves lust broods in us, keeps us sick where we stand
Nothing comes, but it leaves us alone, us as lambs
Starry-eyed appetites, gaping mouths, hands
Now we’ve won the prize at last but we’ll never pick out the shards of glass
We’ll spend the rest of our lives digging
And is this golden chair that we sit in more fitting than the rags we’ve shed
This token marks no end, it marks where we begin again
Glittering prizes tear us into twins, divide our desire
Feed us or dispel this craving we serve
At the rainbow’s end, we drink from the fountain
Now cloud ten, to search for eleven
At the rainbows end…
Now we’ve won the prize at last but we’ll never pick out the shards of glass
We’ll spend the rest of our lives digging
And is this golden chair that we sit in more fitting than the rags we’ve shed
This token marks no end, it marks where we begin again…
It marks where we begin again
Chasing flickering lights, almost there
Reaching, stretching our limbs, circling, then losing in
Oh beautiful siren
These trophies shine on the horizon, begging
To be gained. It craves to be gained by selfish eyes
Graves lust broods in us, keeps us sick where we stand
Nothing comes, but it leaves us alone, us as lambs
Starry-eyed appetites, gaping mouths, hands
Now we’ve won the prize at last but we’ll never pick out the shards of glass
We’ll spend the rest of our lives digging
And is this golden chair that we sit in more fitting than the rags we’ve shed
This token marks no end, it marks where we begin again
Glittering prizes tear us into twins, divide our desire
Feed us or dispel this craving we serve
At the rainbow’s end, we drink from the fountain
Now cloud ten, to search for eleven
At the rainbows end…
Now we’ve won the prize at last but we’ll never pick out the shards of glass
We’ll spend the rest of our lives digging
And is this golden chair that we sit in more fitting than the rags we’ve shed
This token marks no end, it marks where we begin again…
It marks where we begin again
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky
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