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.
It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me
I was a child and she was a child
In that princedom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than just love
With a love even the seraphs up in heaven covet
And that was the reason that long ago
In that princedom asleep by the sea
That a wind shut her body in a sepulcher
Buried in the sea
That bore my sweet darling away from me
Oh, the angels they envied us, envied our love
Yes, that was the reason the wind came out
Stirred the air and made the waves shake madly
Killing my Annabel Lee
Oh my Annabel Lee
Our love it was strong, so strong
That neither the angels up in heaven
Nor the demons in the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul of my Annabel Lee
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me
I was a child and she was a child
In that princedom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than just love
With a love even the seraphs up in heaven covet
And that was the reason that long ago
In that princedom asleep by the sea
That a wind shut her body in a sepulcher
Buried in the sea
That bore my sweet darling away from me
Oh, the angels they envied us, envied our love
Yes, that was the reason the wind came out
Stirred the air and made the waves shake madly
Killing my Annabel Lee
Oh my Annabel Lee
Our love it was strong, so strong
That neither the angels up in heaven
Nor the demons in the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul of my Annabel Lee
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