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 think of bad things
i hope you'll never see
broken wilderness
and desperate men
but everything i sing
you know it's only fear
'cause if you call out
i'm always here
look up now across a darkened sky
you'll see the ash of every love that ever was
had my chance but blew it all to greed[?]
you'll find the words that you and i must pay to ???
i see strange things
in the middle of the night
black caravan
in a dusty road
i won't sleep tonight
or risk our lives
and when the power goes
just find my hand
in the midst of what we can hide
i'll still feel love is alive
impossible
in the midst of the blinking lights [?]
i still feel love is alive
impossible
look out now across a darkened sky
you'll see the ash of every love that ever was
and if we can do this right
nothing else can matter
you and i can live forever
i hope you'll never see
broken wilderness
and desperate men
but everything i sing
you know it's only fear
'cause if you call out
i'm always here
look up now across a darkened sky
you'll see the ash of every love that ever was
had my chance but blew it all to greed[?]
you'll find the words that you and i must pay to ???
i see strange things
in the middle of the night
black caravan
in a dusty road
i won't sleep tonight
or risk our lives
and when the power goes
just find my hand
in the midst of what we can hide
i'll still feel love is alive
impossible
in the midst of the blinking lights [?]
i still feel love is alive
impossible
look out now across a darkened sky
you'll see the ash of every love that ever was
and if we can do this right
nothing else can matter
you and i can live forever
Lyrics submitted by falseinertia
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But everything I say Know it's only fear Cause if you call out I'm always here
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