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.
I've seen the wise teach lies
Hell they helped me to bend
I'm jumping any false trend
With a devilish grin
So defend and meet fate on the shakiest grounds
And build mounds of sick sounds in the darkest of towns
Now get down or freak, let it lose in the streets
And beat beat the elite 'cause they're all just cheats
And I can't seem, to get this out of my head
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
Away, away, away
I've seen the wise teach lies
and set them in heads
Scattered, shattered like the glass thats imbedded instead
Go pretend to make life circle, circle me still
The falling stars from the skies rolling over the hills
And spill spill like they feel like they're more than they seem
These broken ties and these lies that they are telling me
And I can't seem to get this out of my head
Please get this out of my head
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
Away, away, away, away
Tired of all this selfless aggravation
Mind entranced, constant stimulation
Bold behold the eyes of a stallion
Fade into this promise of Babylon
Seen the things I wish I had never seen
Waking up in sweat from a bad dream
Feel the walls slowly closing in on me
Fade to black or to the next destiny, destiny, destiny
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Fade
Fade
You will never make me
Fade
Hell they helped me to bend
I'm jumping any false trend
With a devilish grin
So defend and meet fate on the shakiest grounds
And build mounds of sick sounds in the darkest of towns
Now get down or freak, let it lose in the streets
And beat beat the elite 'cause they're all just cheats
And I can't seem, to get this out of my head
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
Away, away, away
I've seen the wise teach lies
and set them in heads
Scattered, shattered like the glass thats imbedded instead
Go pretend to make life circle, circle me still
The falling stars from the skies rolling over the hills
And spill spill like they feel like they're more than they seem
These broken ties and these lies that they are telling me
And I can't seem to get this out of my head
Please get this out of my head
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Let's subtract and see this catastrophe
More shut down from the blasphemy
Or stomped down from the acts
And the world won't stop 'till they're trashing me
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
Away, away, away, away
Tired of all this selfless aggravation
Mind entranced, constant stimulation
Bold behold the eyes of a stallion
Fade into this promise of Babylon
Seen the things I wish I had never seen
Waking up in sweat from a bad dream
Feel the walls slowly closing in on me
Fade to black or to the next destiny, destiny, destiny
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
Until then I will fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Say what, say what, say what
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Fade
You will never break me
Fade
Fade
Fade
You will never make me
Fade
Lyrics submitted by unhearted
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