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.
And I lie here
Staring up at the stratosphere
And hoping we're gonna get out of here
And it seems mad
That we're born on the doorstep
Of squalor and of pedestals
And I lie here
Surrounded by a range of general anesthetics
To drowse the fact that fumbling insecurity
Is not matched by spreading equalities
In the sunlight
Where you caught us,
Plotting the downfall of hoarders
In the sunlight where you caught us
In the sunlight
Where you caught us,
Plotting the downfall of hoarders
In the sunlight where you caught us
It seems that every gap in the fence
We'll peak, we'll scratch, we'll stretch, we'll grab anything we can
And if we group together
And made a bigger hope
That just for our children's hands
But for bigger plans
Yeah if we group together
And made hope
Cause I don't know about you but I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
Woah
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Wheeling forth
So turbulently
Accepting all the
Staring up at the stratosphere
And hoping we're gonna get out of here
And it seems mad
That we're born on the doorstep
Of squalor and of pedestals
And I lie here
Surrounded by a range of general anesthetics
To drowse the fact that fumbling insecurity
Is not matched by spreading equalities
In the sunlight
Where you caught us,
Plotting the downfall of hoarders
In the sunlight where you caught us
In the sunlight
Where you caught us,
Plotting the downfall of hoarders
In the sunlight where you caught us
It seems that every gap in the fence
We'll peak, we'll scratch, we'll stretch, we'll grab anything we can
And if we group together
And made a bigger hope
That just for our children's hands
But for bigger plans
Yeah if we group together
And made hope
Cause I don't know about you but I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
Woah
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
I've gotta get out of here
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh
Wheeling forth
So turbulently
Accepting all the
Lyrics submitted by zakts, edited by BlueDiamondx3
Gap in the Fence Lyrics as written by Liam Rory Clewlow Chris Batten
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whole should be hole :)
Definitely the hidden treasure of the album. New sound but still managing to reflect Take To The Skies style
After the last "woah-oh-oh" bit, the end part is
We live so subserviently accepting all normality drenched with routine doused in the foreseen and yes, granted we do prosper. But the fact that we prosper is even taken for granted.
Basically this song is about how we live repetitive, unexciting lives, and it's up to us to break the cycle and make our own lives. I think.
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stop trying to figure it out
real lyrics:
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not trying to sound mean but...take to the skies was epic so this really feels like a letdown