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 speed to beat the sunrise....
Weigh a million on the road to sanity
My heart my soul my love it's taunt
And I question each turn that I make in my mind
If I could be any other
Please! I'd trade make the devil my lover
Pullin' my eyes
Burn my eyes
And I'm gone... I make my move strong
I break and then I take it to the whore and you say
All the eccles in the world be mine 'cause it's got me,
It's got me, I can hear 'em laughing as a big scar marks me
On my own, On my own, On my own
I gotta go, I gotta go, go home!!
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
Dead stop on the road to sanity
I've seen that best that life has
Rock bottom works for me like a
44 caliber dose of reality
It's got me, it's got me
I can hear ?em laughing as a big scar marks me
On my own, On my own, On my own
I gotta Go, I gotta go, go home!!
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
I just got to go home!! Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years where has it got me?
Not a damn thing
So I cry
Checking the pulse to see if I might breath
Finding out if death is my date
State of limbo
Checking the pulse to find it's too late
Knowing now that death is my fate
State of limbo
I'm home!!!! Go home!!
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
I just got to
Go home
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
Weigh a million on the road to sanity
My heart my soul my love it's taunt
And I question each turn that I make in my mind
If I could be any other
Please! I'd trade make the devil my lover
Pullin' my eyes
Burn my eyes
And I'm gone... I make my move strong
I break and then I take it to the whore and you say
All the eccles in the world be mine 'cause it's got me,
It's got me, I can hear 'em laughing as a big scar marks me
On my own, On my own, On my own
I gotta go, I gotta go, go home!!
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
Dead stop on the road to sanity
I've seen that best that life has
Rock bottom works for me like a
44 caliber dose of reality
It's got me, it's got me
I can hear ?em laughing as a big scar marks me
On my own, On my own, On my own
I gotta Go, I gotta go, go home!!
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
I just got to go home!! Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years where has it got me?
Not a damn thing
So I cry
Checking the pulse to see if I might breath
Finding out if death is my date
State of limbo
Checking the pulse to find it's too late
Knowing now that death is my fate
State of limbo
I'm home!!!! Go home!!
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
I just got to
Go home
Nowhere is my home
I've given blood for years
Where has it got me?
Lyrics submitted by BobbyjointRitual
Bordello of Blood Lyrics as written by Frank Joseph Bello Charlie L. Benante
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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