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.
borders swell like the oceans
nations swept away
in the steel rain
wounds carved in the earth
the silent hands of genocide
map the years
forgotten legacies of dust
people remembered in nothing
but fragments of language
verses of song
and shards of military rust
the gallows cold hands
tighten old rope
young men hang in the fetid breeze
like rotten fruit
too ripe for harvest
they have marched us
through the streets
heralded our death
proclaimed our end
and brought us to our knees
a host of the willing few
is gathered as the traitors gates
demanding their pound of flesh
and their weight in gold
the tyrant
resurrected king
who's Midas touch an iron fist
all the world proclaiming
yesterday's man as traitor
yet welcome witch open arms
his brother as tomorrows director
nations swept away
in the steel rain
wounds carved in the earth
the silent hands of genocide
map the years
forgotten legacies of dust
people remembered in nothing
but fragments of language
verses of song
and shards of military rust
the gallows cold hands
tighten old rope
young men hang in the fetid breeze
like rotten fruit
too ripe for harvest
they have marched us
through the streets
heralded our death
proclaimed our end
and brought us to our knees
a host of the willing few
is gathered as the traitors gates
demanding their pound of flesh
and their weight in gold
the tyrant
resurrected king
who's Midas touch an iron fist
all the world proclaiming
yesterday's man as traitor
yet welcome witch open arms
his brother as tomorrows director
Lyrics submitted by Lateralus518
Traitors Gate Lyrics as written by Ciaran Williams Alan Averill
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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