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.
Drowned by the fury
Of the evolution times
You lose all
Lose your reputation
for the glory
Controlled by the force
on alienation you say...
I'm the king
I'm the king
From my own war
I get the pain
Live to be the best, oh!
Best of what?
You don't realize but you are lost
You are nothing but a puppet
And the greed will burn you first
You can say...
I'm the king
I'm the king
You self-control has disappeared
When you build around yourself
Golden walls it seems
like your shell
But watch your acts,
be prepared when
Fall your mask
You're the one
You're the myth
You are the ocean
You shape shift
And for the thirst
For the pain
When all is over
Wound by wound
Trick by trick
You'll see
You'll pay
For all the darkness living
in your soul
For all the freedom you have
been stolen
From my mind you
feed your lamb
With my growth
This way you can say
I'm the king
I'm the king
From my own war
I get the pain
When you build around yourself
Golden wall it seems
like your shell
But watch your acts,
be prepared when
Fall your mask
You're the one
You're the myth
You are the ocean
You shape shift
And for the thirst
For the pain
When all is over
Wound by Wound
Trick by trick
You'll see
You'll pay
So said the bishop
"Once
I was not insane
I could dream away
And I crossed the sky"
Don't
Be a shallow man
Give another chance
To increase your life
"Now
I can't see my deep inside
Tell me who I am
I can't pay this price"
I'm the king
I'm the king
On my own I live my misery
When you build around yourself
Golden walls it seems
like your shell
But watch acts, be prepared
When fall your mask
You're the one
You're the myth
You are the ocean
You shape shift
And for the thirst
For the pain
When all is over
Wound by wound
Trick by trick
You'll see
You'll pay
you'll see
You'll pay
Forget your prayer
Of the evolution times
You lose all
Lose your reputation
for the glory
Controlled by the force
on alienation you say...
I'm the king
I'm the king
From my own war
I get the pain
Live to be the best, oh!
Best of what?
You don't realize but you are lost
You are nothing but a puppet
And the greed will burn you first
You can say...
I'm the king
I'm the king
You self-control has disappeared
When you build around yourself
Golden walls it seems
like your shell
But watch your acts,
be prepared when
Fall your mask
You're the one
You're the myth
You are the ocean
You shape shift
And for the thirst
For the pain
When all is over
Wound by wound
Trick by trick
You'll see
You'll pay
For all the darkness living
in your soul
For all the freedom you have
been stolen
From my mind you
feed your lamb
With my growth
This way you can say
I'm the king
I'm the king
From my own war
I get the pain
When you build around yourself
Golden wall it seems
like your shell
But watch your acts,
be prepared when
Fall your mask
You're the one
You're the myth
You are the ocean
You shape shift
And for the thirst
For the pain
When all is over
Wound by Wound
Trick by trick
You'll see
You'll pay
So said the bishop
"Once
I was not insane
I could dream away
And I crossed the sky"
Don't
Be a shallow man
Give another chance
To increase your life
"Now
I can't see my deep inside
Tell me who I am
I can't pay this price"
I'm the king
I'm the king
On my own I live my misery
When you build around yourself
Golden walls it seems
like your shell
But watch acts, be prepared
When fall your mask
You're the one
You're the myth
You are the ocean
You shape shift
And for the thirst
For the pain
When all is over
Wound by wound
Trick by trick
You'll see
You'll pay
you'll see
You'll pay
Forget your prayer
Lyrics submitted by bythemark
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Standing On The Edge Of Summer
Thursday
Thursday
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.